Director: Christian Marquand
Cast: Ewa Aulin, Charles Aznavour, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, James Coburn,
Plot: Based on Terry Southern's satirical novel, a send-up of Voltaire's Candide. Young Candy is a high school girl who seeks truth and meaning in life, encountering a variety of kookie characters and humorous sexual situations in the process.
The pleasures of transgression
Two recent disks present transgressive sexuality from very different perspectives: Christian Marquand’s Candy is a glossy big budget production packed with star power, while Curt McDowell’s Thundercrack! is a scrappy underground […]