A 1969-born New Yorker, Darren Aronofsky is one of the most emblematic directors of his generation. A producer and screenwriter, Aronofsky was in Venice with The Fountain in 2006, with The Wrestler in 2008 (Golden Lion), with Black Swan in 2011, and with Mother! in 2017 – an intense psychological thriller starring Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem, where vision and contrast between reality and imagination reach dizzying, disturbing levels.