Jindabyne (film)

Jindabyne
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ray Lawrence
Produced by	Philippa Bateman Garry Charny Catherine Jarman
Written by	Raymond Carver Beatrix Christian
Starring	Gabriel Byrne Laura Linney Deborra-Lee Furness John Howard
Music by	Paul Kelly Dan Luscombe
Cinematography	David Williamson
Edited by	Karl Sodersten
Distributed by	Roadshow Films
Release date	20 July 2006
Running time	123 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Box office	$6 million

Jindabyne is a 2006 Australian drama film by director Ray Lawrence and starring Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Deborra-Lee Furness and John Howard. Jindabyne was filmed entirely on location in and around the town of the same name: Jindabyne, New South Wales, situated next to the Snowy Mountains. The film was written by Beatrix Christian, and was adapted from the Raymond Carver short story, " So Much Water So Close to Home", which was also the basis for one of the storylines in Robert Altman's Short Cuts (1993). Carver's story had been retold in song by Paul Kelly in his song "Everything's Turning to White", from his 1989 album So Much Water So Close to Home and Paul Kelly would go on to write the score to this film as well.

Jindabyne had its world premiere at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and its North American premiere at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was released in Australia on 20 July 2006 and was released in the United States on 27 April 2007.

On an annual fishing trip, in isolated high country, Stewart (Gabriel Byrne), Carl (John Howard), Rocco (Stelios Yiakmis) and Billy (Simon Stone) find a girl's body in the river; she has been brutally murdered by Gregory (Chris Haywood), a local electrician. The girl (Tatea Reilly) turns out subsequently to be Aboriginal. The men initially suggest hiking back the following morning as it is too late in the day to safely navigate their way to their trucks. They secure the girl's body by the ankle to the riverbank, so she will not drift downstream and get lost in the rapids. However, Stewart the next day goes fishing and, after catching an especially large fish, the men decide to spend the rest of the afternoon continuing their trip before informing the police in the morning.