The Australian film, "Candy", starring, Heath Ledger and Abbie
Cornish playing Candy, was a strong love story between two people
struggling from their addiction to heroin.The movie is separated into
three different parts, Heaven, Earth, and Hell.
During Heaven, you see both Heath Ledgers character and Abbie
Cornish's character (Candy) living life to the fullest. Both are in love with
each other and in love with the biggest demon known to the human mind and body, heroin. Heroin use during this part in their relationship
was heavy, with each day getting better and better as time went by. The
audience see's the couple grow with each other through their trials
and tribulations to a warm beloved couple.
In the next section,"Earth", you see the couple horribly addicted to heroin. Both Heath
and Candy go through a string of felon like acts just to
score a couple of dollars to get their next fix. As time goes by, both
characters experience the power heroin has on the body and mind and
ultimately are slaves to the drug.
Heath's character didn't have any parents in the movie, but
Abbie's did. Both mother and father of Candy were just so torn up from
their daughters choice of companion and what he has done to their
daughter. Candy, grew up very strict and it was just natural for her
to rebel when she could. Unfortunately, she found a wrong outlook on
the prospective, and chose dope.
The last part of the movie,"Hell", is when both Candy and Heath's
character are literally living through hell. Candy is now prostituting
herself for money for the BOTH of them. After Candy gets pregnant,
they decide they have to quit the drugs for the baby... So, for 45
minutes of the movie you see them struggle for five days with extreme
heroin withdrawals. Since the withdrawals were so bad, it ultimately
killed the baby and the whole getting clean act was up for them. They
just couldn't believe how they put up with hell for a week for the
baby to have died.
The end of the movie shows Candy rehabilitated and Heaths character still using. Candy comes back to Heath after rehab to come revisit the love they shared before all the madness. But Heath's love for Candy was so strong, he pushed her away because he knew he was still using and didn't want her to be influenced again into doing drugs. Overall, the movie was aboslutely chilling and I couldnt keep my eyes off the screen. The movie is a definite must see.
The 2 main characters were Heath Ledger, and Abbie Cornish as "Candy".
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