Candy
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Neil Armfield
Heath Ledger
Geoffrey Rush
Abbie Cornish
Garry Mcdonald
Tom Budge
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Candy is a beautiful young painter in the first throes of love with a sometimes-poet named Dan. Their life is so romantic and their love so intoxicating that they care only for pleasure. Heroin, they discover, intensifies their mutual passion and allows them to get lost in the moment, and "using" becomes a ritual that makes them feel special. In time, their habit supersedes all other aspects of their life together. They beg, borrow, and steal to pay for their next fix, and when there is nothing left to hock, they take more desperate measures. Candy sells her body. Dan lets her, and, imperceptibly, they cross a boundary as they exit Paradise and enter Hell. As the grip of their habit grows, they affirm their lover's vows by getting married. Their big day passes in a drug-induced haze of bliss. Candy's parents, conservative, middle-class folk, are bewildered by the newlyweds' strange behavior. They watch their daughter's decline, sensing that something is wrong, but incapable of stopping her. Candy and Dan's drug addiction becomes inseparable from their emotional addiction to each other. Their love, like the heroin they crave, is dangerous and destructive. When Candy suffers a nervous breakdown and ends up in rehab, the lovers face a difficult choice--their relationship, with all of its terrible highs and lows, or a second chance at life?
Director
Neil Armfield
Cast
Heath Ledger
Geoffrey Rush
Abbie Cornish
Garry Mcdonald
Tom Budge
Noni Hazelhurst
Damon Herriman
Nathaniel Dean
Jason Chan
Roberto Meza Mont
Holly Austin
Craig Moraghan
John Lee
Noel Herriman
Tim Mckenzie
Tara Morice
Maddi Newling
Patricia Lemon
Barry Jaggers
Leo Cowan
Luke Davies
Paul Blackwell
Sean O'riordan
Adrienne Pickering
Lette Webb
Sandy Winton
Rebecca Watt
John Mcneill
Doreen Mullen
Felix Kerdijk
Felino Dolloso
Cristian Castillo
Tony Martin
Noni Hazlehurst
Crew
Jacob Allan
Neil Armfield
Paula Arundell
Mechele Axford
Mechele Axford
Rodrigo Balart
Nikki Barrett
Brett Bartlett
Carl Beaumont
Neil Bell
Good Bhudda
Miro Bilborough
Jason Billington
Marc Blackwell
Kya Blondin
Paul Booth
Kent Boswell
Mark Brady
Scott Brokate
Katherine Brown
Tim Buckley
Philip Calloway
Damian Candusso
Iain Canning
Penny Chai
Raf Chance
Deyel Charlier
Paul Charlier
Paul Charlier
Paul Charlier
Paul Charlier
Paul Charlier
Natalie Choo
Colleen Clarke
Emma Cohen
Angela Conte
Angela Conte
Penny Cook
Dany Cooper
Robert Cousins
Robert Cousins
Tony David Cray
Luke Davies
Luke Davies
Richie Dehne
Sophie Dick
Nicole Divall
Fiona Dunford
Rebecca Dunn
Adele Durno
Adele Durno
Sally Eccleston
Robyn Elliott
Sascha Ettinger
Laurie Faen
Ben Fink
Margaret Fink
Angus Finney
Olivier Fontenay
Olivier Fontenay
Shayne Francis
Jodie Fried
Bethwyn Garswood
Michael Gibbs
Tony Gibbs
Marcus Gillezeau
Leo Gomez
Duncan Gordon
Pippa Grandison
Steve Gray
Anna Grey
Anna Grey
Hugh Hartshorne
Genevieve Hegney
Danielle Hession
Craig Ilott
Christine Jackson
Paul Katte
Leah Katz
Adrian Keating
Adrian Keating
Adrian Keating
Paul Kiely
Craig Knight
Andy Lampe
Deborah Lander
David Lawrance
Jon Leahy
John Leary
Gary Lincoln
Tim Lion
Torei Lista
Daisy Little
Danny Long
David Longo
Simon Lucas
Peter Luczak
Christian Luxton
Andrew Mackie
Peter Malatesta
Ali Malone
Nicki Martin
Ian Mcloughlin
Ian Mcloughlin
Michael Mcmenomy
Alison Meir
Dave Morley
Brooke Morris
Natalie Morrison
Bronwyn Murphy
Emma Jane Murphy
Johnette Napolitano
Nick Nicolaou
Fiona Nicolls
Matthew North
Gerry Nucifora
Eloise Oxer
Richard Payten
Christian Petersen
Laurie Pettinari
Garry Phillips
Andrew Plain
Clare Pollard
Luke Polpi
Helena Rathbone
Bruce Reick
Kate Renwick
Bill Risby
Johnny Rodgers
Johnny Rodgers
Conrad Rothmann
Natasha Rumiz
John Russell
Gavin Ryan
Raj Ryan
Robert Sandeman
Royce Sanderson
Libby Sharpe
Kieran Sherlin
Emile Sherman
Jade Sims
Blair Slater
Phil Slater
Corrie Soeterboek
Monika Stankowski
Nina Stevenson
Shannen Still
Hamish Stuart
Dean Sullivan
Jun Tagami
Jocelyn Thomas
Amon Tobin
Amon Tobin
Adisug Tubtim
Mario Vaccaro
Chris Webb
Mim Weger
Michael Whyke
Jamie Wood
Matthew Wynne
Terrence Yason
Stephanie Zarka
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall November 17, 2006
Released in United States December 1, 2006
Released in United States on Video March 27, 2007
Released in United States 2006
Released in United States February 2006
Shown at London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 18-November 2, 2006
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Cinema of Our Time) September 28-October 13, 2006.
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Competition) February 9-19, 2006.
Based on the novel "Candy" written by Luke Davies and published by Ballantine Books June 16, 1998.
Debut novel for Luke Davies.
Feature directorial debut for Neil Armfield.
Released in United States Fall November 17, 2006 (NY)
Released in United States December 1, 2006 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video March 27, 2007
Released in United States 2006 (Shown at London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 18-November 2, 2006)
Released in United States 2006 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Cinema of Our Time) September 28-October 13, 2006.)
Released in United States February 2006 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Competition) February 9-19, 2006.)
