Requiem For a Dream
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Requiem for a Dream is a critically-acclaimed 2000 film adaptation of a 1978 novel of the same name. The novel was written by Hubert Selby, Jr. The film adaptation was directed by Darren Aronofsky, and starred Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, and Marlon Wayans. Burstyn was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 2000 for her role.
The film depicts different forms of addiction, leading to the characters' imprisonment in a dream world of delusion and reckless desperation, which is then overtaken and devastated by reality.