Review of Jindabyne (2006) by Frances H — 31 Jul 2015
So many interesting themes, images and ideas presented here. The closeness of death is always present--the murder and the body, the pretend drowning and then almost drowning of the children, Caylin-Calandria's mother, Claire's close call with the murderer.
The image of female bodies in the water-the murdered girl, Claire, Caylin-Calandria, and Claire. The children are also obsessed with the drowned town beneath the water. The sense of alienation is another theme--the alienation of the aborigines from the whites in Australia, the sense of separation of Claire from everyone, even her husband and child, whom she left after his birth for 18 months, the children grounded for misbehavior, the men taking themselves off to fish and, of course, the shunning of the men who left the murdered girl in the water while they fished.
In the end it is the final dealing with the body and the spirit of the dead girl that brings them all together.
This review of Jindabyne (2006) was written by Frances H on 31 Jul 2015.
Jindabyne has generally received mixed reviews.
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