Candy Page #4

Synopsis: This story is a narration from an Australian man who falls in love with two kinds of Candy: a woman of the same name and heroin. The narrator changes from a smart-aleck to someone trying to find a vein to inject, while Candy changes from an actress, call girl, streetwalker, and then a madwoman. Starting in Sydney, the two eventually end up in Melbourne to go clean, but they fail. This leads them to turn to finding money and heroin, while other posessions and attachments become unimportant.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Neil Armfield
Production: ThinkFilm
  6 wins & 17 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
49%
R
Year:
2006
108 min
Website
3,927 Views


I'd know.

It was the night

I broke your skull.

How f***ing weird.

One night.

I can get an abortion.

No.

No, no way!

This is good.

It was meant to be.

This is what we need.

We've got to stop using.

Yeah.

Yeah, of course.

Sugar?

Two, please.

We've got some news everybody...

We're having a baby.

Ah, Darling!

Candice, Good God.

We just wanted you to know that

we've made some decisions. and uh...

We've been putting some money aside,

haven't we?

We're going to get out of that

whole warehouse environment.

...and live in a proper house.

Yeah! We really want to raise

our child in the....

...in a proper home.

Have you told your parents?

No.

Day 1

We knew what we had

to do.

It takes alot of planning to stop.

Lucky at last!

We can really do this, Candy.

It's going to be hard, but...

I'm sure it's like a bridge...

And once we cross it,

everything will be okay.

You can get back into your

painting again...

Maybe we'll move to the country...

Grow some veggies...

Feed the chickens...

We could go live in Thailand...

Thailand would be great,

if we didn't use.

Or the Himalayas.

We'll go canoeing...

A bit of white water rafting...

Get healthy, sleep well...

...not have drugs in our system.

How good would that be?

We really have to do this.

We have to do it this time.

Yeah, we will.

We are.

We're really f***in' doing it!

Day 2

Day 4

I can't do it.

I can't do it.

Hey!

Come back to bed.

Alright? You'll catch a cold.

Casper, It's Candy.

Ring me as soon as you get this.

We've tried your mobile.

I know we said to ignore us while

we did this, but...

...we did pretty well, but

we're not feeling so great now.

We don't want you to ignore us now.

Are you there?

Pick up if you're there.

Pick up!

Okay, you're not there.

Call us!!

Sh*t! Sh*t!

Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t!

Kojak? It's Candy!

Um... Sh*t, not so good.

I'm really sick. I mean...

We just need credit.

Uh... I can work a shift,

and then I can pay you back.

Yeah, well if I work a shift,

then I can pay that too.

I can't work when I'm this sick!

Ok, bye.

F***ing c*nt!!

Candy.

-Candy.

-Oh God!

Answer!

Answer, please!

He was just about to answer!

-Give me the phone.

-I want the f***ing phone!

Don't f***ing take it away from me!

No! No!!

-We can do it.

-No! Get away!! Nooooo!!

Candy, you're bleeding.

Candy, you're bleeding.

Why are you bleeding?

The water has broken.

Her cervix has dilated.

This is what we didn't

want to happen.

We call this an

inevitable miscarriage.

There's no going back.

As I was explaining to Candy,

she's going to have to go through

a kind of... labour!

I don't know however long that takes, you need to know that at this state of

the pregnancy...

...the baby is not going to survive.

I'm Sorry.

Give me pethidine!

I want pethidine!

Will you give her the f***ing

pethidine, or what?

She's f***ing in pain,

can't you see this?

That's it! Candy, push!

Almost there!

Push!

That's it!!

Can I hold it?

Doctor, it's leg moved.

It's just a spasm.

It moved!

It's just a spasm.

Hell

-How much did you get?

-50.

That guy is still back there.

-Maybe you'll sell some. Yeah?

-Alright.

Everything we ever did.../ i

we did with the best

of intentions... / i

But.. events tumble!

and the years pile up./ i

The world is very bewildering

to a junkie. / i

Yeah, we're all good!

-Well... Tastes bad.

-F***!

Here you go.

Do you feel anything?

No.

-Sh*t!

-Sh*t!

and still... you cling to

the concept of change. / i

Hey, Schumann...

...we are thinking of moving

up the country for a while.

Give methadone a try.

What the f*** difference

would it make?

The air's cleaner, for one.

It's a kitchen.

It's a bit dark, isn't it?

Yeah.

Yeah, we Could um...

knock out a hole...

and put a skylight.

I love you.

Any frozen peas?

No.

I got one!

There he is!

It was all the way down

in the turbo frost.

I can not believe you didn't do

this, this morning.

What time are they coming?

F***!!

What's the date?

Oh no, this expired a month ago.

Look at that! It smells bad!

-That's got that kind of chicken smell!

-Yeah it does doesn't it!

Not to worry, we'll just

baste it in lots of stuff!

Like uh...

Basil, uh... honey?

Bayleaves or something?

What's in the cupboard?

What do you put on a roast?

How long did it take you to

get out here?

Oh, About an hour and 40 minutes?

Dear?

Yeah, about... 40? 45?

Much traffic?

No, pretty good run really.

Can't complain.

It's so beautiful here,

the drive down was so beautiful.

Yeah, it's...

Countryside.

Had any news on the job front?

Um... Well it's pretty...

There's not much work around here.

We're getting by on the dole.

Well, apparently I might be able to

get some work hay bailing.

Hay bailing?

-Ooooh! Tough work, hay bailing!

-Yeah.

So! What can I do in the kitchen?

Nothing mum, really!

It's fine!

Nonsense, there must be something

I can do to help.

Everything's under control.

The oven's heating up.

We're running a bit behind.

No worries, mate. / i

Oh This is unbelievable.

You go to all this trouble

to invite us up here...

...and you can't even manage the

simple decency of getting the meal

together on time!

Get off my case, mum!

Is not food that's even the issue here.

It's your attitude!

Okay, let's just calm down.

Lunch will be ready in less than an hour.

Who wants some wine?

That chicken is rock solid!

We're not going to be eating before

midnight.

And where are the vegetables?

Hey hey, Let's all calm down, honey.

What do you think is about?

Sunday Lunch.

It's a pretty simple thing.

But with you two, there's no

such thing as simple.

The drugs!

The drugs always come first.

Hey no, that is not true.

We're doing really well now.

Do you have any idea...

...what you have done to my family?

To me?

What happened to that beautiful girl?

What happened?

What happened?

Can't you see?

Don't you understand?

I have been clutching my f***ing fists

since I was 6 years old.

Look at my f***ing fists!

Look at them!

Look at them, you f***ing b*tch!

Don't you understand?

No! I gotta clench my hands!

I gotta clench my hands!

I can't relax.

Darling, darling! Look!

It's been a big move.

It's been a big year.

There's been lots of changes.

C'mon, you've lost a child.

But you ARE getting your lives together.

I can see that!

Just go.

F*** off.

Forget lunch.

Can we?

Can we cancel the lunch?

Maybe we can just make

this another day.

Today is just a bad day.

I'm sorry.

I'm scared.

There's nothing to be scared of.

There's nothing to be scared of.

D'you think we're going to end?

-We'll never end.

-It'll end.

It's not gonna work.

Is that the flu vaccine?

It's medicine.

It's leading us not into temptation.

Hey Candy, check out this.

Brickie's labourer.

-I'll give it a call, eh.

-Why don't you do that.

-Hi.

-Hey!

This is Paul.

He lives up the road.

Good day.

He's got some good home grow.

Great.

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Neil Armfield

Neil Geoffrey Armfield (born 22 April 1955) is a renowned Australian director of theatre, film and opera. more…

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