The Blue Hour

The Blue Hour (2014)

La Hora Azul

Adrian Ormache, a wealthy and well-known lawyer, discovers his father's dark past, commander Ormache, who along with his troops used to torture suspects of terrorism and rape innocent women before eliminating them during the war on terrorism in Peru. His father fell in love with one of these victims, Miriam, who he kept prisoner and protected until she was able to escape. Adrian will do anything possible to find this woman and ensure her silence and keep his well earned fame.

Date of release
2014-10-13
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Drama
Director
Evelyne Pegot-Ogier

Casting

Interesting facts

The Blue Hour, also known as Before Dawn, is a 2014 Peruvian drama film written, directed and co-produced by Evelyne Pegot in her directorial debut. It is based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Alonso Cueto. Starring Giovanni Ciccia, Jackelyn Vásquez and Rossana Fernández-Maldonado.

Production

In 2007, he tried to contact Alonso Cueto, author of the novel, but to no avail. 2 years ago he spoke with Alonso Cueto to finally adapt his novel to the cinema.

In 2012, the film won the 2012 Feature Film Contest – MinCul Peru where it received S/.550,000 to start filming. In 2016, he won the First Feature Film Distribution Project Contest where he received S/.420,000 for commercial distribution.

Principal photography lasted four weeks, from May to June 2013 in Lima and Ayacucho.

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