A 13-minute gut punch about war, girlhood, and the candy no one wants to unwrap.
A traumatized teenage marine forms an unlikely bond with a rebellious young girl at his homecoming party.
Direction
Wolkstein's gaze never flinches from discomfort.
Acting
Orsini's trembling stillness, Morden's terrifying precocity.
Cinematography
Sticky humidity you can practically taste.
Director
Lauren Wolkstein
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wolkstein made this as her thesis at Columbia; it toured Sundance and established her as a master of the uneasy erotic.
The title's double meaning—actual candy, and the slang for young girls as consumables—haunts every frame.
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