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In 2001, director Darren Aronofsky made a film of the same name based on this novel, which became a cult favourite. The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly and Marlon Wayans.

Sarah, a lonely widow, watched every day on TV how people's lives suddenly changed for the better. They hit the jackpot. They were getting married. Sons were coming home. Everyone was happy. That's why, even at the risk of going without lunch for a week, she hurried to buy the TV back from the pawnshop where her son Harry had brought it again. Sarah couldn't live without her TV. And Harry could not live without his dose...

But one day, everything will change: Sarah will receive a call from a TV show, Harry and his friend Tyrone will have an idea for their own business, and Harry's beloved girlfriend, the painter Marion, will pick up her brushes again. Their dream will become more real than anything else, the world will be in the palm of their hands, like a plate... The dream will only require a small, temporary concession. And then a requiem will be sung for those who betrayed their lives for the sake of a ghost and lost the human being in them.