When Candy (Abbie Cornish - Somersault), an artist meets Dan (Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain), a would-be poet, their mutual attraction blossoms. But their growing love for each other is inextricably caught up with another passion, a shared taste for heroin.

As desire gives way to need, their dependency leads to a harrowing emotional and physical slide into oblivion

Hooked as much on heroin as one another, their story becomes a love triangle - a boy, a girl, and a drug.