
06 Oct 2000

Requiem for a Dream
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
She'll be dead before she's thin enough.
Teenager Lexi Archer moves to Chicago with her newly divorced mother and befriends a popular girl at her new school, Jennifer. After Lexi's volleyball coach suggests that she lose weight, Jennifer reveals she is bulimic and the two girls decide to help each other, leading to disastrous consequences.
Kathryn Archer
Lexi Archer
Jennifer Harnsberger
Peter Archer
Pamela Harnsberger
Jill Archer
Mr. Harnsberger
Ted, Kathryn's Boss
Justin Phelps
Ben Colson
06 Oct 2000
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
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