Darren Aronofsky, director of the critical smash "Pi," follows up his acclaimed debut with a gritty, stylish, emotionally charged story of love, loss, drugs and dreams amid the faded glory of Coney Island. Intricately linking the lives of a struggling, small-time drug dealer (Jared Leto), his pill-popping mother (Ellen Burstyn), his upper-class girlfriend (Jennifer Connelly) and his best friend (Marlon Wayans), "Requiem for a Dream" weaves a hypnotic tale of four human beings longing for love and acceptance. Soon their all-consuming addictions become a source of pleasure and pain, leaving them to experience exteme levels of degradation and tragedy. From the novel by

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Jared Leto,Christopher McDonald,Ellen Burstyn,Jennifer Connelly,Louise Lasser,Marlon Wayans