The Darkest Hour

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude

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.

• Release date
• December 31, 2001
• Runtime
• 75 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• John Ellis

Cast

Jason Ford Pat Louise Brealey Kim Mark Asante Del

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