It's hard to make a movie about drug addiction that feels any different or looks any better than genre classics like …

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Cast
Heath Ledger (Dan)Abbie Cornish (Candy)Geoffrey Rush (Casper)Tom Budge (Schumann)Roberto Meza Mont (Jorge)Tony Martin (Mr. Wyatt)Noni Hazlehurst (Mrs. Wyatt)Holly Austin (Sunglasses Shop Assistant)Craig Moraghan (Washing Machine Dealer)John Lee (Hock Shop Man)Noel Herriman (Celebrant)Tim McKenzie (Uncle Rod)Tara Morice (Aunt Katherine)Maddi Newling (Janey)Patricia Lemon (Wedding Guest)Barry Jaggers (Wedding Guest)Cristian Lavin (Little Angelo)Leo Cowan (Mechanic)
Director
Neil Armfield
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Synopsis
A poet falls in love with an art student who gravitates to 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.
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