In a dazzling title role performance, Abbie Cornish delivers a fearless portrayal of a young artist whose lust for life takes her to the edge of sanity. Heath Ledger breathes a sweet and tender optimism into Dan, a sometime-poet in love with Candy. In heroin they find a path to limitless pleasure. But as addiction takes hold they lose the very thing they are seeking. Candy opens the door on a dream vision that will have meaning for all who have been dazzled by the beauty of the world.