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Lights in the Dusk (Finnish: Laitakaupungin valot) is a 2006 Finnish comedy-drama film starring Janne Hyytiäinen, Ilkka Koivula, and Maria Järvenhelmi. Directed and written by Aki Kaurismäki, the film was presented at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. It is the last installment in Kaurismäki's "Finland" trilogy after Drifting Clouds (1996) and The Man Without a Past (2002).
The film is about a security guard who is set up in a robbery by a femme fatale who exploits his gullibility and loyalty. Classical music is used as background throughout much of the film, including excerpts from the work of the famous Swedish tenor Jussi Björling.
It has been argued that the film deals with the ways in which "[c]apitalism has painted the town red, just a different shade of red from its socialist connotations," as well as that "rock is so important to the director that a number of his males, including Koistinen, favor a 50s, greasy, sweptback hair style, to go along with their love of rock 'n' roll (definitely a reminder of how rock was the way to rebel in socialist countries)."
Original Release
02/03/2006
US Release
06/13/2007
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Janne Hyytiainen | Seppo Ilmari Koistinen / Koistinen |
Maria Jarvenhelmi | Mirja |
Maria Heiskanen | Aila |
Ilkka Koivula | Lindholm |
Sergei Doudko | Russian |
Andrei Gennadiev | Russian |
Arturas Pozdniakovas | Russian |
Matti Onnismaa | Shift Manager / Shift Boss |
Sulevi Peltola | Foreman / Supervisor |
Antti Reini | Security Guard |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Janne Hyytiainen | Seppo Ilmari Koistinen / Koistinen |
Maria Jarvenhelmi | Mirja |
Maria Heiskanen | Aila |
Ilkka Koivula | Lindholm |
Sergei Doudko | Russian |
Andrei Gennadiev | Russian |
Arturas Pozdniakovas | Russian |
Matti Onnismaa | Shift Manager / Shift Boss |
Sulevi Peltola | Foreman / Supervisor |
Antti Reini | Security Guard |
Neka Haapanen | Security Guard |
Santtu Karvonen | Security Guard |
Sesa Lehto | Security Guard |
Jukka Rautiainen | Security Guard |
Jukka Salmi | Security Guard |
Heikki Heimo | Bartender |
Erkki Lahti | Man at Bar / Man by the Bar |
Pihla Penttinen | Girl at Bar / Girl by the Bar |
Helena Vierikko | Girl at Table / Girl at the Table |
Jari Elsilä | Gorilla / Thug 'Gorilla' |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Aki Kaurismaki | Producer |