Candy (1968)

Directed by

Christian Marquand

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film

Country

France, Italy, United States

Runtime

2h 04m

Rated

R

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 83 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A naive young woman named Candy Christian has a series of bizarre and awkward encounters with a parade of eccentric characters. Each meeting is a spoof of erotic adventure stories, treating her innocence as a setup for absurd situations.

campywhimsicalsatiricalplayfulsurreallightheartedoffbeatzany

What happens

Candy is a 1968 sex farce film directed by Christian Marquand from a screenplay by Buck Henry, based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg. The film satirizes pornographic stories through the adventures of its naïve heroine, Candy Christian, played by Ewa Aulin. It stars Charles Aznavour, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, James Coburn, John Huston, Walter Matthau and Ringo Starr. Popular figures such as Sugar Ray Robinson, Anita Pallenberg, Florinda Bolkan, Marilù Tolo, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Umberto Orsini and Enrico Maria Salerno also appear in cameo roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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