Project Detail

The Darkest Hour

Synopsis

Bearing many similarities to Albert Camus' 1946 existentialist text L'Etranger (The Outsider), The Darkest Hour is a powerful portrait of contemporary urban angst, isolation and unrequited love.

Pat leads an apparently ordinary life as an attendant in a notorious public toilet where the majority of the clientele are either involved in drug deals or cottaging. The only light in his otherwise solitary life is Kim, a girl he is infatuated with, who works in a local cafe he frequents.

When he is 'provoked' into committing an act of extreme violence, Pat's subsequent unorthodox reaction to his crime leads inevitably to his life changing forever.

Details

Year
2002
Type of film
Features
Running time
75 mins
Format
DV
Director
John Ellis
Producer
Carrie Holliman
Editor
John Ellis
Screenwriter
John Ellis
Director of Photography
Stuart Richards, John Ellis
Sound
Kjetil Njoten
Music
Erik Satie
Principal cast
Jason Ford, Louise Brealey, Mark Asante, Chris Brooklyn

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Sirius Pictures

12 Elmley Street
Plumstead
London SE18 7NT
UK

T 00 44 (0)20 8854 1206

Sales Company

Sirius Pictures

12 Elmley Street
Plumstead
London SE18 7NT
UK

T 00 44 (0)20 8854 1206

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