The Fountain (2006)

SYFY, 9.00PM ★★★

 Darren Aronofsky, who would move onto more assured work like

The Wrestler, Black Swan and Mother!, first made a metaphysical melodrama about the quest for eternal life. Rachel Weisz and Hugh Jackman star in a visually resplendent time-travelling three-pronged narrative. The jumps in time are more than a little bewildering, but the film’s daring structure does make the effort involved worth it.