Candy (2022)

Name: Candy
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Released: 2023-04-26T16:21:52+02:00
Rating: 3.08

Documentary | 82 minutes

3,08 12 votes

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Genre: Documentary / Biography

Duration: 82 minuten

Country: Netherlands

IMDb score: 7,0 (23)

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Candy plot

World famous saxophonist Candy Dulfer has a close relationship with her parents. Her father Hans, a respected jazz saxophonist himself, and mother Inge have always played a major role in her career, both musically and in business. Candy has performed with superstars like Prince, David Stewart, Van Morrison and Pink Floyd. But when the pandemic breaks out and she can no longer perform, Candy must fight to keep her head above water. She is worried about her vulnerable parents, who are getting older, and will also not be able to pass on the Dulfer name due to unwanted childlessness. However, Candy does not give up and is eagerly looking for new opportunities to keep making music and working on a new album.

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mrklm

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9897 votes

26 April 2023 at 16:21

The 50th birthday of saxophonist Candy Dulfer (b. 1969) is a benchmark for this nice, but unremarkable documentary. For those too young to remember Candy's major commercial successes – the single “Lily Was Here” (1989) with Dave Stewart, her collaboration with Prince on the Batman soundtrack (1989) and the album "Saxuality" (1990) – the archive images provide a great anthology and we get to know her a little better. Although her almost 80-year-old father, also a top saxophonist, is having more and more problems with his health and Covid rears its head, Candy is not deterred. Forced to be partly filmed by Candy herself, this is an authentic document of one of our most successful musicians of her generation. Candy turns out to be a sympathetic, level-headed woman and that is admirable. Unfortunately, that is not a plus for a documentary.