Set in Coney Island, this is the story of four people of modest means who dream of better lives. Sara Goldfarb is a widow who aspires to compete in a television quiz show. Her son Harry, his girlfriend Marion, and his friend Tyrone try to set up their own business - a boutique - but things don't seem to be going so well. Despite all this, the three do not give up hope.
Biography
film director
Darren Aronofsky
Darren Aronofsky was born and raised in Brooklyn, he studied animation cinema at Harvard University and graduated in 1991 with the short film Supermarket Sweep, which was a finalist at the Student Academy Awards. In 1998 he founded Protozoa Pictures with Eric Watson, and made his first full-length film,
FILMOGRAFIA
Supermarket Sweep (cm, 1991),
Cast
& Credits
Plot: dal romanzo di Hubert Selby, Jr.
Screenplay: Hubert Selby Jr., Darren Aronofsky.
Director of photography: Matthew Libatique.
Art director: James Chinlund.
Costume designer: Laura Jean Shannon.
Editor: Jay Rabinowitz.
Sound: Stephen Barden, Nelson Emerson.
Music: Clint Mansell.
Cast and characters: Ellen Burstyn (Sara Goldfarb), Jared Leto (Harry Goldfarb), Jennifer Connelly (Marion Silver), Marlon Wayans (Tyrone C. Love), Christopher McDonald (Tappy Tibbons), Louise Lasser (Ada).
Production company: Eric Watson, Palmer West per Artisan Entertainment, 1630 Stewart Street, Suite 120, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA, tel. +1-310-3098400, fax +1-310-8284132.
Co-produzione: Thousand Words.
Foreign sales agent: Summit Entertainment, 1630 Stewart Street, suite 120, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA, tel. +1-310-3098400, fax +1-310-8284132, e-mail zalina@summit-ent.com.