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Requiem for a Dream

Hard-hitting drama starring Jared Leto, based on the novel by Hubert Selby Jr, using kaleidoscopic breakneck montage to tell the story of four people enslaved by drug addiction.

Hard-hitting drama based on the novel by Hubert Selby Jr, using kaleidoscopic breakneck montage to tell the story of four people enslaved by drug addiction. A lonely widow, in hope of an appearance on her favourite television game show, attempts to lose weight by taking prescribed amphetamines. Meanwhile, her son, his girlfriend and best friend find their social drug-taking getting dangerously out of hand.

1 hour, 35 minutes

Last on

Fri 28 Jan 2011 23:50
BBC Two except Northern Ireland

Credits

Director Darren Aronofsky
Sara Goldfarb Ellen Burstyn
Harry Goldfarb Jared Leto
Marion Silver Jennifer Connelly
Tyler C Love Marlon Wayans
Mr Rabinowitz Mark Margolis
Writer Darren Aronofsky
Producer Palmer West

Broadcasts

  • Sun 1 Jul 2007 00:00
    BBC Two except East & Yorkshire
  • Sun 10 Jan 2010 00:40
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Fri 28 Jan 2011 23:50
    BBC Two Scotland, England & Wales only