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Requiem for a Dream The film interweaves the stories of four drug addicts. Shows unpleasant pictures of what happens when an individual becomes hooked on drugs. It is unbelievable what a drug user does just to get a fix. Everyone in this film has their own dreams - or at least they do before their drug addiction destroy their capacity for reason. Main character is Harry, a young man who lives hand-to-mouth because nearly every cent he saves, earns, or steals goes towards buying something he can inject into his veins. His best friend and business partner is Tyrone, who shares many of Harry's aspirations. His girlfriend is Marion, who, like Harry and Tyrone, is an addict. The fourth significant player is Harry's widowed mother, Sara, who is as addicted to television as Harry is to drugs. When she learns that a marketing co