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For his follow-up to his darkly brilliant debut, PI, director Darren Aronofsky chose to adapt a tough and meaty piece of work: Hubert Selby's 1968 novel REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, a dark spiral into the abyss of barren fantasies doomed to extinction. However, in Aronofsky's frenetic, visionary, unique, and disturbing style lies the .. Read more

Starring	Jared Leto, Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans
Director	Darren Aronofsky
Genres	Drama

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