stewart kane ( gabriel byrne and vanity fair ) head out with his local jindabyne and australia fishing buddy for a weekend of rest and recreation and and relaxation . but when stewart discovers an aboriginal woman body float face down in a river and thing appear to have turn out for the bad . the large casualty of the weekend be the men commonsense . they do not hike out of the ravine and and instead finish their fishing weekend with some great catch . then they head out and report the body . the town and the men live quickly turn into a mess . the local medium swarm them and and accusation of aboriginal prejudice rear up from the local native . stewart wife claire ( laura linney and the exorcism of emily rise ) sense the deep meaning of what her husband and his friend do and but have to battle with it through her own mental illness . amidst all this chaos be the life that be this young woman who be now a medium spectacle and splay out on a morgue slab . her murder and subsequent dumping into the water be symbolic of what lay beneath the town of jindabyne represent a division of men and woman and black and white and social and outcast . the only other people who seem to understand some of what be go on be two young kid represent stewart and claire son who be be lead around by a half breed aussie who mother be kill also just a few year before . the young girl live with her grandparent and be try to let go of her mother the best way she can and and the discovery of a new body seem  strangely enough  a method in which to accomplish this ( again and the underlying current of jindabyne be surmise ) . everything and everyone in this jindabyne township feel what lurk beneath it surface and yet none of them be willing to dive into the murky water and take a look around ( the symbolism here be see when a nearby lake that be use for recreation and swimming be say to contain the old town of jindabyne under it surface ) . none and that be and until claire force them to . the movie be interest if a bit too convolute . there be far too many story line that need exploring and it just doesn not get do while too many loose thread . the acting be okay and but the filming be terrible . wobbly camera and grainy or dark shot and and just a generalized sloppiness hurt the overall production . i enjoy symbolic film and northfork be one of my all time favorites in that vein . but jindabyne need to peak it head above the turbid water so that it could see it own problem and which simply do not happen .