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"The Blue Hour," several strangers in Los Angeles weave their stories
of loss and hope, not knowing that their lives have brushed
up against each others in small but sometimes profound ways.
A multi-ethnic ensemble drama, the film explores the
connections between a Mexican graffiti muralist, an Armenian
camera repairman, an African- American Blues guitarist and
an English pensioner living near the Los Angeles River.
Happy is a talented teenage graffiti muralist with a passion
for spray paint and Hip Hop. Her playground is the concrete
banks of the Los Angeles River. While painting a mural of
her trademark Payasa, a sad-faced Lady Clown, she encounters
Sal, a mentally challenged homeless man who attempts to make
contact with her.
Unable to communicate with Happy, Sal then crosses paths
with Avo, a vintage camera repairman living with his wife
Allegra on the East Bank of the river. Their apartment
overlooks Happy’s Payasa mural near the area where their
4-year old daughter Heidi recently drowned. Since Heidi’s
death, Avo and Allegra have not spoken. As Happy toils on
the Payasa, Avo attempts to reconcile with his wife in the
wake of the family tragedy.
A block away from Avo’s apartment, Ridley is a struggling
blues guitarist staying in an old hotel by the river. He has
returned temporarily to Los Angeles to care for his mother.
One night, Ridley hears an enigmatic voice coming from
somewhere inside the hotel. Haunted by its mysterious
presence, Ridley sets out to discover the source of the
voice, running into Sal in the wake of a hit-and-run
accident.
Humphrey is an aging pensioner living in an apartment
overlooking the ‘islands’ in the river. One morning he wakes
up to the sound of Sal screaming on the sidewalk. Having
recently lost his wife Ethel, Humphrey spends his days
eating lunch by her grave, a few feet from Heidi’s resting
place where he sees Allegra. Unsure when his time will come,
Humphrey readjusts to everyday life, crossing paths with
Happy as he wanders the riverside neighborhood.
Connecting each character peripherally through the Los
Angeles River, The Blue Hour explores the delicate ties and
common humanity among strangers in a seemingly disconnected
landscape.
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