Requiem for a Dream

    Genre
    Drama
  • |
    • Runtime
    102 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    2000
  • |
    • Countries
    USA
  • |
    • Languages
    English
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Darren Aronofsky
WRITTEN BY:
Darren Aronofsky, Hubert Selby Jr. (based on the book by)
CAST INCLUDES:
Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

Darren Aronofsky's REQUIEM FOR A DREAM - with a screenplay by Aronofsky and Hubert Selby Jr., based on Selby's novel - stars Oscar winners Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, and Ellen Burstyn, along with Marlon Wayans, in a hypnotic film about four people pursuing their visions of happiness. Even as everything begins to fall apart, they refuse to let go, plummeting with their dreams into a nightmarish, gut-wrenching freefall.

SYNOPSIS

Imaginatively evoking the inner landscape of human beings longing to connect, to love and feel loved, the film is a parable of happiness gloriously found and tragically lost. “Requiem for a Dream” tells parallel stories that are linked by the relationship between the lonely, widowed Sara Goldfarb and her sweet but aimless son, Harry. The plump Sara, galvanized by the prospect of appearing on a TV game show, has started on a dangerous diet regimen to beautify herself for a national audience.

Requiem for a Dream

    Genre
    Drama
  • |
    • Runtime
    102 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    2000
  • |
    • Countries
    USA
  • |
    • Languages
    English
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Darren Aronofsky
WRITTEN BY
Darren Aronofsky, Hubert Selby Jr. (based on the book by)
CAST INCLUDES
Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans
Darren Aronofsky's REQUIEM FOR A DREAM - with a screenplay by Aronofsky and Hubert Selby Jr., based on Selby's novel - stars Oscar winners Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, and Ellen Burstyn, along with Marlon Wayans, in a hypnotic film about four people pursuing their visions of happiness. Even as everything begins to fall apart, they refuse to let go, plummeting with their dreams into a nightmarish, gut-wrenching freefall.

Imaginatively evoking the inner landscape of human beings longing to connect, to love and feel loved, the film is a parable of happiness gloriously found and tragically lost. “Requiem for a Dream” tells parallel stories that are linked by the relationship between the lonely, widowed Sara Goldfarb and her sweet but aimless son, Harry. The plump Sara, galvanized by the prospect of appearing on a TV game show, has started on a dangerous diet regimen to beautify herself for a national audience.

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