Candy is a 2006 Australian romantic drama film, adapted from Luke Davies's novel Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction. Candy was directed by debut film-maker Neil Armfield and stars Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish and Geoffrey Rush. Candy, produced by Margaret Fink, was released in Australia on 25 May 2006 and subsequently released around the world. A poet named Dan falls in love with an art student named Candy who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle – and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion,... self-destruction, and despair. The film is organized in three acts of roughly 3 scenes each, titled Heaven, Earth, and Hell. In Heaven, sex and drugs are experienced ecstatically by the young lovers. They continuously seek money to buy drugs, borrowing from Candy's parents or Casper , an eccentric university professor, selling things, stealing, and even prostituting when desperate. In Earth they are married and confront the realities of addiction and family life. For money, Candy becomes a prostitute; Dan purchases the drugs.
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| Release date: | April 27, 2006 |
| Directed by: | Neil Armfield |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 116 Minutes |
| Producer: | Emile Sherman, Margaret Fink |
| Editor: | Dany Cooper |
| Music by: | Paul Charlier |
| Cinematography: | Garry Phillips |
| Screenplay by: | Neil Armfield, Luke Davies |
| Adapted from: | Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction |