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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 201123:50
BBC Two except Northern Ireland

Credits

DirectorDarren Aronofsky
Sara GoldfarbEllen Burstyn
Harry GoldfarbJared Leto
Marion SilverJennifer Connelly
Tyler C LoveMarlon Wayans
Mr RabinowitzMark Margolis
WriterDarren Aronofsky
ProducerPalmer West

Broadcasts

  • Sun 1 Jul 200700:00
    BBC Two except East & Yorkshire
  • Sun 10 Jan 201000:40
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Fri 28 Jan 201123:50
    BBC Two Scotland, England & Wales only