Candy Soundtrack (1968)

Synopsis

Candy

A mysterious white light is seen flying though outer space which lands on planet Earth and it takes the form of young and blond, high school student Candy Christian (Ewa Aulin).

Following a poetry recital at Candy's school, eccentric Welsh poet MacPhisto (Richard Burton) 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 (Ringo Starr), and MacPhisto's limo driver Zero (Sugar Ray Robinson) Candy takes MacPhisto inside in order 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 upon walking in on the scene, Candy's uptight father (John Astin) (also her high school teacher) decides to send her away to live with his twin brother Jack (John Astin in a dual role) and his wife Livia (Elsa Martinelli) in New York City.

At the airport, the family is accosted by Emmanuel's three vengeful sisters, Silvia, Lolita and Conchia, who accuse Candy of corrupting their brother. During the scuffle, Candy's father is rendered unconscious due to a head injury. The Christians escape by boarding a military plane commanded by General Smight (Walther Matthau), who later orders Candy to undress while expressing a desire to impregnate her.

Upon landing in New York, Dr. Krankheit (James Coburn) meticulously performs surgery on Candy's father in front of an audience. When Uncle Jack attempts to seduce Candy during a post-operative cocktail party, the hospital's executive director, Dr. Dunlap (John Huston), berates her for her perceived lewd behavior, causing her to faint.

After wandering aimlessly on the streets of New York City, Candy ends up in a Sicilian bar, where she is beset by a group of mobsters, until an offbeat underground filmmaker, named Johnathan J. John (Enrico Maria Salerno), shows up, taking her into the men's room and shooting her for a film.

In Central Park, Candy meets a hunchback (Charles Aznavour) who takes her into a deserted mansion later that night. A gang of thieves walks in and proceeds to ransack the place, while the hunchback rapes Candy on top of a grand piano.

The next morning, Candy asks for a ride in the back of a semi-trailer truck, which turns out to be the sanctum of Grindl (Marlon Brando), a sham guru. He talks Candy into sex by taking her through the "seven stages" of enlightenment.

As Candy wanders across a field... surrounded by flapping banners and hippies playing music... she revisits many of the characters she met throughout the film, before finally returning to outer space by transforming back into the bright white light and flying away.

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