The film The Hours deals with distinct social welfare issues, as the plot spans across various time periods in the 20th Century. It is a drama that revolves around three very different women: two of whom have been profoundly affected by the works of Virginia Woolf; the other woman is Woolf, herself....
Dalloway in 1923, as she recovers from depression; Laura Brown is a depressed and pregnant Los Angeles housewife who reads Woolf's novel in 1949, as she plans her husband's birthday party; and Clarissa Vaughn is a book editor in modern-day New York, who is planning a farewell party for her AIDS-inflicted former lover, Richard - a famous author who had nicknamed her Mrs. Dalloway. ... Virginia Woolf, who is writing Mrs. Dalloway during the 1920s experiences chronic depression. ... On her note to her husband she wrote, "I have a feeling I shall go mad. ...
