Darren Aronofsky’s second film is a gritty and emotionally charged film set admist the abandoned beaches and faded glory of Coney Island, Brooklyn. Based upon the novel by celebrated author Hubert Selby Jr, the story intricately links the lives of a lonely widowed mother, her son Harry, his beautiful girlfriend Marian and his best friend Tyrone. Even as everything begins to fall apart, they refuse to let go, plummeting with their dreams into a nightmarish, gut wrenching freefall.‘Requiem For A Dream’ is a hypnotic tale of four human beings each pursuing their vision of happiness.
