Candy is a movie directed by Neil Armfield in 2006 and based on the book Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction by Luke Davies, first published in 1997. The movie features Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush, Noni Hazlehurst, Roberto Meza Mont, Holly Austin, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
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 is alternating states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.
Movie vs Book
Year
2006
Minutes
116
Movie Rate
7.20
Source: IMDb
Year
1997
Pages
304
Book Rate
8.20
S: Goodreads
Book
Candy
Subtitle: A Novel of Love and Addiction
Author: Luke Davies
Country: Australia
First published in: 1997
Length: 304 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“I’ve adapted all three of my novels and it’s been difficult. You can’t objectively make the rational decisions that are needed.”
DAVID NICHOLLS (Writer and Screenwriter)
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