The Violet Hour explores the transformative impact of World War I through the narrative of the tea gown, a garment worn by women whilst receiving their female friends for tea. The title of the film is taken from T.S Eliot’s The Waste Land (1922) and refers to the cusp of morning to evening, known also as the golden hour. Violets are also a symbol of mourning for all the lives lost in the impending war. The film portrays a woman dressed in a tea gown in the drawing room, and also explores a real tea gown from the Brighton Museum.
A flock of birds circles and moves a cage vehicle on a road interrupted by fragments of fallen statues, seeking escape from an unfinished and abandoned city.
Inspired from the ancient Greek myth of Daedalus and Ikaros, the film tells the story of the famous inventor and his son’s pursuit to gain their freedom through flight.
The Violet Hour explores the transformative impact of World War I through the narrative of the tea gown, a garment worn by women whilst receiving their female friends for tea. The title of the film is taken from T.S Eliot’s The Waste Land (1922) and refers to the cusp of morning to evening, known also as the golden hour. Violets are also a symbol of mourning for all the lives lost in the impending war. The film portrays a woman dressed in a tea gown in the drawing room, and also explores a real tea gown from the Brighton Museum.
CREDITS
CURATOR: Amy de la Haye
DIRECTOR: Katerina Athanasopoulou
ORIGINAL SCORE: Jon Opstad Cello: Heidi Parsons
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Katerina Athanasopoulou
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY: Nadia Papanicolaou