"The Hours" is a 2002 drama film that interweaves the lives of three women from different time periods - Virginia Woolf, a writer in the early 20th century, Laura Brown, a pregnant housewife in the 1950s, and Clarissa Vaughan, a contemporary New Yorker. The film explores the theme of gender and femininity by delving into the complex relationships each woman has with their societal expectations, personal desires, and relationships with others. Through the characters' struggles with mental illness, sexual identity, and the pressures of domesticity, "The Hours" examines the limitations and possibilities of femininity across time.
