Candy
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.
Plot
While in her father T.M. Christian's social sciences class, high school student Candy awakens from a daydream in which she seemingly descends to Earth from space. Following a poetry recital at Candy's school, eccentric Welsh poet MacPhisto offers her a ride home in his limousine. En route, MacPhisto forces himself on her but is unable to proceed after becoming too inebriated. With the help of her Mexican gardener Emmanuel, Candy takes MacPhisto inside to help him out of his liquor-soaked clothes. In the basement, MacPhisto drunkenly recites poetry while humping a mannequin, inciting Emmanuel to sexually assault Candy. Scandalized on walking in on the scene, the uptight T.M. decides to send her to live with his twin brother Jack and his wife Livia in New York City.
Cast
- Anita Pallenberg
- Buck Henry
- Charles Aznavour
- Christian Marquand
- Elsa Martinelli
- Enrico Maria Salerno
- Enzo Fiermonte
- Ewa Aulin
- Florinda Bolkan
- James Coburn
- Joey Forman
- John Astin
- John Huston
- Judith Malina
- Julian Beck
- Lea Padovani
- Marilù Tolo
- Marlon Brando
- Micaela Pignatelli
- Nicoletta Machiavelli
- Peter Dane
- Richard Burton
- Ringo Starr
- Sugar Ray Robinson
- Umberto Orsini
- Walter Matthau