--- product_id: 48541362 title: "Candy [DVD]" price: "€ 48.96" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.at/products/48541362-candy-dvd store_origin: AT region: Austria --- # Candy [DVD] **Price:** € 48.96 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Candy [DVD] - **How much does it cost?** € 48.96 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.at](https://www.desertcart.at/products/48541362-candy-dvd) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Gritty Australian drama starring Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish and Geoffrey Rush. A poet, Dan (Ledger), falls in love with art student Candy (Cornish), who gravitates towards 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. Review: A sensitive, poetic, strong and honest portray of LOVE and ADDICTION. - Candy is a masterpiece about love and addiction. It started filming on January 27, 2005 and was released on February 15, 2006. Candy is 1.000 times better than Trainspotting (and Trainspotting was really good) and 1.000 times less known than Trainspotting. Candy is a touching and strong love story full of despair, hope, regrets, dreams & failures. The story does not try to judge, punish or teach. There are no good and bad guys. Candy is a human and honest portrayal of the hell of heroine, a story about real love and a movie that will break your heart into a million pieces. Heath describes the movie like “a film of love (…) not a story about heroine”. Heath explains: “Heroine is involved but I think that the beauty of this film [is that] it’s not exploding heroine or glorifying it in any way (…) It’s a tragic story of love”. Director Neil Armfield was a bit hesitant about using Heath as Dan, since he thought that Heath had a natural energy that was heroic, and Dan was grubby and edgy. But, again, it was Heath’s performance in Monter’s Ball that “got him” the role. Luke Davies (the writer of the book upon which the movie is based and screenwriter of the movie, together with director Neil Armfield) wrote a beautiful and touching article about Heath after Heath’s death; he describes Heath as a talented, generous, kind and sincere human being, and says: “It was Monster’s Ball that convinced Neil Armfield that Ledger was the one for Candy“. What attracted Heath to the project was the novel, which he describes like a “tragic love affair with both the drug and each other”, the screenplay and the fact of being allowed to use his own accent, which he didn’t do since Two Hands and 10 things I hate about you: “shooting a film using my own accent was attractive … I haven’t done that for 8 years. I was looking forward to feeling liberated from … having to perform with an accent … It was a sense of freedom. I was able to mumble in my own accent, to breath in my own accent, to improvise freely”. Abbie Cornish gives a breathtaking performance. Heath says about Abbie: “… she’s incredibly talented … She relies a lot upon … instinct and the magic of the scene, and she keeps it real and she’s a very grounded human being, very talented obviously, very beautiful… I could not have asked for a better Candy”. I must say that Abbie is the strongest and most brilliant female character of all of Heath’s movies. I’d go further and say that two of the most beautifully portrayed love stories in cinema history are the ones of Ennis and Jack, and Candy and Dan. Candy is a real jewel. Director Armfield is awesome and the cast (Heath, Abbie and Geoffrey Rush) is superb / Antonia Tejeda Barros (Spain). P.S. Unfortunately, the DVD does not have ENGLISH subtitles and, if English is not your native language (like it happens to be in my case), sometimes there are words that are difficult to understand, due to the Aussie accent and slang. The DVD is packed with very exciting EXTRAS. Review: Super value - Super quality, price, and delivery ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B000LMPG24 | | Actors | Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush, Heath Ledger, Roberto Meza Mont, Tom Budge | | Aspect Ratio | 16:9 - 1.78:1 | | Best Sellers Rank | 49,301 in DVD & Blu-ray ( See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray ) 14,968 in Drama (DVD & Blu-ray) | | Customer reviews | 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (322) | | Director | Neil Armfield | | Is discontinued by manufacturer | No | | Item model number | 5055159277358 | | Media Format | PAL | | Number of discs | 1 | | Package Dimensions | 18.03 x 13.76 x 1.48 cm; 80 g | | Producers | Emile Sherman, Margaret Fink | | Rated | Suitable for 15 years and over | | Release date | 23 April 2007 | | Run time | 1 hour and 48 minutes | | Studio | Drakes Avenue Pictures | | Writers | Luke Davies, Neil Armfield | ## Product Details - **Colour:** Colour - **Format:** PAL - **Number of discs:** 1 - **Runtime:** 1 hour and 48 minutes ## Images ![Candy [DVD] - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Idr3FcToL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A sensitive, poetic, strong and honest portray of LOVE and ADDICTION. *by A***S on 23 February 2015* Candy is a masterpiece about love and addiction. It started filming on January 27, 2005 and was released on February 15, 2006. Candy is 1.000 times better than Trainspotting (and Trainspotting was really good) and 1.000 times less known than Trainspotting. Candy is a touching and strong love story full of despair, hope, regrets, dreams & failures. The story does not try to judge, punish or teach. There are no good and bad guys. Candy is a human and honest portrayal of the hell of heroine, a story about real love and a movie that will break your heart into a million pieces. Heath describes the movie like “a film of love (…) not a story about heroine”. Heath explains: “Heroine is involved but I think that the beauty of this film [is that] it’s not exploding heroine or glorifying it in any way (…) It’s a tragic story of love”. Director Neil Armfield was a bit hesitant about using Heath as Dan, since he thought that Heath had a natural energy that was heroic, and Dan was grubby and edgy. But, again, it was Heath’s performance in Monter’s Ball that “got him” the role. Luke Davies (the writer of the book upon which the movie is based and screenwriter of the movie, together with director Neil Armfield) wrote a beautiful and touching article about Heath after Heath’s death; he describes Heath as a talented, generous, kind and sincere human being, and says: “It was Monster’s Ball that convinced Neil Armfield that Ledger was the one for Candy“. What attracted Heath to the project was the novel, which he describes like a “tragic love affair with both the drug and each other”, the screenplay and the fact of being allowed to use his own accent, which he didn’t do since Two Hands and 10 things I hate about you: “shooting a film using my own accent was attractive … I haven’t done that for 8 years. I was looking forward to feeling liberated from … having to perform with an accent … It was a sense of freedom. I was able to mumble in my own accent, to breath in my own accent, to improvise freely”. Abbie Cornish gives a breathtaking performance. Heath says about Abbie: “… she’s incredibly talented … She relies a lot upon … instinct and the magic of the scene, and she keeps it real and she’s a very grounded human being, very talented obviously, very beautiful… I could not have asked for a better Candy”. I must say that Abbie is the strongest and most brilliant female character of all of Heath’s movies. I’d go further and say that two of the most beautifully portrayed love stories in cinema history are the ones of Ennis and Jack, and Candy and Dan. Candy is a real jewel. Director Armfield is awesome and the cast (Heath, Abbie and Geoffrey Rush) is superb / Antonia Tejeda Barros (Spain). P.S. Unfortunately, the DVD does not have ENGLISH subtitles and, if English is not your native language (like it happens to be in my case), sometimes there are words that are difficult to understand, due to the Aussie accent and slang. The DVD is packed with very exciting EXTRAS. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Super value *by P***T on 23 February 2024* Super quality, price, and delivery ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent acting raises this above the average drug addiction tale. *by T***N on 10 January 2008* Abbie Cornish once again proves that she is an incredibly talented young actor, and Heath Ledger is excellent too. It's a story that's been told many times before, but their portrayal of a young couple in love spiralling deeper and deeper into drug addiction is exemplary. This is a gruelling film that spares us none of the details of the humiliation and indignities addicts will put themselves through to feed their habit, yet it's told with such compassion and complete lack of judgement, that you desperately want these two young people to pull through and live 'happy ever ever'. Add to this great direction, clever camera work and a moving supporting performance from Geoffrey rush and you've got a film that's well worth watching. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.at/products/48541362-candy-dvd](https://www.desertcart.at/products/48541362-candy-dvd) --- *Product available on Desertcart Austria* *Store origin: AT* *Last updated: 2026-04-27*