Umqondisi wezihloko ezidumile ezifana nethi "Requiem for a Dream" ("Isidingo Sephupho"), Darren Aronofsky, kuzoba nguye ongamela ijaji lesigaba esisemthethweni esilandelayo Berlinale.
Lezi zindaba ziza njengoba sekusele izinyanga ezingaphansi kwezintathu ngaphambi komcimbi waseJalimane ozoba senhloko-dolobha yaseJalimane kusukela ngoFebhuwari 5 kuya ku-14, 2015.
Iklonyeliswa emikhosini emhlabeni jikelele njenge Sundance, lapho awina khona umklomelo wokuqondisa kahle ngefilimu yakhe yokuqala noma i Umkhosi weVenice, lapho athola khona i-Golden Lion yefilimu engcono kakhulu ethi "The Wrestler" ("I-Wrestler"), u-Darren Aronofsky akakaze aklonyeliswe emqhudelwaneni osumcelile manje njengomongameli wejaji ngesigaba sawo esisemthethweni.
UDarren Aronofsky ubengomunye wabaqondisi abavelele kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva, kusukela ngo-1998 lapho emangala wonke umuntu nge «Pi«, ifilimu yakhe yokuqala eyamholela empumelelweni eMkhosini ohlonishwayo we-Sundance. Ifilimu yakhe yesibili "Requiem for a Iphupho»kumtholele imiklomelo eminingi, impumelelo efanayo ayizuzile ngamafilimu akhe alandelayo «Umthombo wokuphila» (“Umthombo”) kanye «Umlwi",kodwa bekuhlangene"I-Black Swan» (“Idada Elimnyama”) ngefilimu ethole impumelelo enkulu kakhulu, yathola ukuqokwa kwama-Oscar amahlanu, okuhlanganisa isithombe esihle kakhulu nesiqondisindlela esihamba phambili.
Ifilimu yakhe yakamuva kuze kube manje ithi «uNowa«, ifilimu engase ibe khona ngenkathi yemiklomelo emikhakheni yezobuchwepheshe, iphrojekthi yomuntu siqu engazange idunyiswe njengemisebenzi yakhe yangaphambili.