A would-be poet draws his art student lover into his use of heroin until their shared addiction comes to dominate their lives and relationship. Eventually, when the girlfriend has to resort to prostitution to feed their habit, the couple realise desperate measures are called for to break the cycle of self-destruction. Drama, starring Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish and Geoffrey Rush.

A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle — and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.