If it had been three women who found the body would they have reacted differently. Drea, a 20-something woman living in Brooklyn, struggles to make progress in her own life while being the sole caregiver for her father, who has Alzheimer's. After seeing the superb "Ten Canoes" recently I found the whole aboriginal storyline contrived. She wants to understand and tries to make things right. Huggo. Title: Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Build up your Halloween Watchlist with our list of the most popular horror titles on Netflix in October. That’s not a good sign. “If the script is sound and good,” she says, “it will take you to a place you can’t predetermine, nor should you. The Irish husband, Stewart, is played by none other than Gabriel Byrne (The Usual Suspects), who sets the story of Jindabyne in motion when he and his buddies discover the naked body of a young Aboriginal girl floating in the water during their annual fishing trip. Parents Guide, Welcome To "The Lucky Country": Films Set In, Or About, Australia. The reason he blesses himself… in moments of great crisis you go back to moments in childhood that say to you ‘this’ll protect you, this’ll make you safe.’ We filmed that and left it like that. 58 of 78 people found this review helpful. Violence, whether it’s Iraq, or if it’s a guy shooting 33 people, or whether it’s a Korean guy shot in his supermarket, or whether it’s the violence of war, children understand that they live in a violent world.”. He also has contributed to the "Cinema of Unease", a phrase Sam Neill once used to describe New Zealand cinema, by setting a story about personal and public guilt in such a glorious setting. Indiscriminate. Unfortunately, as we are shown in the opening sequence there is still evil in the new town in the shape of the local electrician (Chris Heywood, very nasty), who likes to hunt and kill young women. Stewart Kane, an Irishman living in the Australian town of Jindabyne, is on a fishing trip in isolated hill country with three other men when they discover the body of a murdered girl in the river. And Claire doesn't like Stewart's closed emotional state, she who just wants them all to connect as human beings. | We do troubled marriages really well! While fishing, Stewart finds the naked dead body of an aboriginal young woman floating on the cold water. Three days ago, a situation which… who could have predicted that? We live in a tremendously unpredictable and chaotic world. It forces you to follow through on stuff.”. In her determination to help the victim's family Claire sets herself not only against her own family and friends but also those of the dead girl. (laughs) Danger exists, you know? On Sunday afternoon, they return to the parking area and report their finding to the police. Says Byrne, clearly still reeling along with the rest of the world in the shadow of the Virginia Tech massacre, “The reason I think the film is unsettling is because it presents a world that we all know, whether we can articulate that on a regular basis or not. Favorite film set in the Australian Outback? The psychology of it is not a simple one, but a lot of it deals with her actions in the past and how she’s been treated. The men become silent and withdrawn and distant and defensive, and the women confront the issue in a very direct way. The marriage of Stewart and Claire in the film. “There’s a beautiful moment in the film where the mother tries to comfort the child and she says to him ‘Don’t worry, everything will be alright,’ and at seven-years of age the child turns to the wall and says ‘Crap.’ You realize that whether we like it or not our children have absorbed to their bones our fears and our cynicism. Synopsis If you read something and you know what you’re gonna do, that’s bad. “From the men’s perspective what they do is they have a very brief discussion about what the best thing to do is from a logical and practical point of view. She also makes a seemingly futile attempt to extend an olive branch of understanding to the family of the murdered girl. It also has the potential to tear the friendship among this group, as well as Stewart and Claire's marriage, apart. “I do not know how I would react if I came across the dead body of a raped girl in a river. The bigger movies people are not as… the stereotype is its much more of an ensemble feel, even with the crew, on an independent movie ’cause you’re just screwed if you don’t help each other out. One of the themes of the film is how do men and women differ in relation to how they deal with complex emotional issues.”. If it had been a young boy would they have reacted differently?’ A really interesting question.”Upon her husband Stewart’s return and subsequent criticism, Linney’s character Claire takes it upon herself to carry the burden of accountability for his actions, attempting to play the peacekeeper among the families of the four fishermen whose lives are thrown into disarray. ComingSoon.net is a property of Mandatory, an Evolve Media, LLC company. Rated R for disturbing images, language and some nudity, Amazon Acquires Natalie Dormer Series “Picnic at Hanging Rock,” Larysa Kondracki to Direct, Sydney Film Festival closes with honours for Leah Purcell, 'The Pink House', Welcome To "The Lucky Country": Films Set In, Or About, Australia. The story was previously woven into the tapestry of Robert Altman’s Carver adaptation Short Cuts, where it was handled with far more detachment and levity. Despite Stewart and Claire loving each other, there has long been disharmony in their household. To go on being married to the same person all your life knowing that part of you has had to give up another part of yourself. Money is something that you really have to respect, particularly when it enters into the world of the arts. The relationships of four couples unravel after the discovery of a young woman's body in Lantana bush in suburban Sydney. Was this review helpful to you? 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