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Lights in the Dusk

2006 · 78 min

A quiet, deadpan study of loneliness and betrayal, with dry humor and a glimmer of hope.

Overview
Outcast by his co-workers and living alone, Koistinen is a security guard who works the night shift in a luxury shopping mall in Helsinki. But when icy blonde Mirja approaches him, the lonely Koistinen falls helplessly for her, unaware she is manipulating him for her criminal boyfriend.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • betrayal
  • loneliness
  • class
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Aki Kaurismäki
Written by
Aki Kaurismäki
Starring
Janne Hyytiäinen, Maria Järvenhelmi, Maria Heiskanen, Ilkka Koivula, Sergei Doudko, Andrei Gennadiev, Artūras Pozdniakovas, Matti Onnismaa
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
78 min
Country
Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden
Languages
Finnish, Russian

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