Filmography | The Cider House Rules (1999)
Character Candy Kendall
Directed By Lasse Hallström
Written By John Irving (novel and screenplay)
Cast Tobey Maguire, Paul Rudd, Michael Caine
Genre Drama, Romance
MPAA Rating PG-13 (for mature thematic elements, sexuality, nudity, substance abuse and some violence)
Synopsis
Homer is an orphan in remote St. Cloud, Maine. Never adopted, he becomes the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch, who imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer, who becomes a skilled, albeit unlicensed, physician. But Homer yearns for a self-chosen life outside the orphanage. When Wally and pregnant Candy visit the orphanage Dr. Larch provides medically safe, albeit illegal, abortions Homer leaves with them to work on Wally's family apple farm. Wally goes off to war, leaving Homer and Candy alone together. What will Homer learn about life and love in the cider house? What of the destiny that Dr. Larch has planned for him?
