The Blue Hour
Directed by
2007
Set in a working-class neighborhood by the Los Angeles River, the film is composed of four short stories examining the everyday lives of a Mexican graffiti muralist, an Armenian camera repairman, an African-American Blues guitarist and an English pensioner. Each story is peripherally tied to the Los Angeles River, examining the delicate ties between strangers that rarely communicate yet share brief moments of connection. (Festival information)
In four short stories the film tells how persons try to deal in very different ways with their loneliness and their sadness after losing a beloved one. The director succeeds in portraying his characters authentically by suggestive images who reveal the inner feelings and emotions of these human beings in their painful process of mourning.