TagDarren Aronofsky

The movie Black Swan tells the story of ballerina Nina and the mental and physical devastation she endures to perfect the roles of the swan and black swan. Nina grows up free of her mother’s control and confronts her own desires, but along the way, she suffers from extreme anxiety and obsession, leading to a tragic ending. However, she achieves perfection and experiences a kind of...

Requiem follows a group of characters who try to fulfill their dreams through drug addiction, only to lose everything to addiction. Through their tragic endings, the movie warns of the dangers of addiction and the consequences of taking false shortcuts to fulfill dreams, and explores the deep relationship between human deprivation and addiction.   One of the world’s most troubling...