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Director: Neil Armfield
Cast: Abbie Cornish, Heath Ledger, Geoffrey Rush, Tom Budge
A poet falls in love with an art student, 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.
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Director Neil Armfield's 2006 drama Candy, starring Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish, offers a gritty, immersive exploration of the tragic relationship between a heroin-addicted poet and his art student lover, delivering a powerful portrait of the highs and lows of addiction and the human condition.
Candy is a 2006 Australian romantic drama film, adapted from Luke Davies's 1998 novel Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction. Candy was directed by filmmaker Neil Armfield and stars Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish and Geoffrey Rush.
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