Requiem for a Dream: Directed by Darren Aronofsky. With Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans. The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep. Requiem for a Dream The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.