Lights in the Dusk ( Ljus i skymningen ) ( Laitakaupungin valot )

Lights in the Dusk (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Ljus i skymningen
Alternate Title: Laitakaupungin valot
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
European Film Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Swedish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Finland ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
75 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2006 and produced in:
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Aki Kaurismäki

Written By:
Aki Kaurismäki

Actors:
Janne Hyytiäinen ..... Koistinen
Maria Järvenhelmi ..... Mirja
Maria Heiskanen ..... Aila
Ilkka Koivula ..... Lindholm
Sergei Doudko ..... Venäläinen
Andrei Gennadiev ..... Venäläinen
Arturas Pozdniakovas ..... Venäläinen
Matti Onnismaa ..... Vuoropäällikkö
Sulevi Peltola ..... Esimies
Antti Reini ..... Vartija
Neka Haapanen ..... Vartija
Santtu Karvonen ..... Vartija
Sesa Lehto ..... Vartija
Jukka Rautiainen ..... Vartija
Jukka Salmi ..... Vartija

Synopsis:

Koistenin is a sad sack, a man without affect or friends. He's a night-watchman in Helsinki with ideas of starting his own business, but nothing to go with those intentions. He sometimes talks a bit with a woman who runs a snack trailer near his work. Out of the blue, a young sophisticated blonde woman attaches herself to Koistenin. He thinks of her as his girlfriend, he takes her on her rounds. She's in league with a crook who's planning a jewel robbery, and Koistenin is their patsy. Will he ever wise up?

Koistinen searches the tough world for a small crack through which he could crawl in, but both his fellow beings and the faceless apparatus of the society see it their business to crush his modest hopes, one after another. Criminal elements exploit his longing for love and his position as a night watchman in a robbery they pull off, leaving Koistinen to face the consequences. As a result Koistinen loses his job, his freedom and his dreams.

In Helsinki, a lonely night watchman is caught up in a series of misadventures with a femme fatale and a crooked businessman.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 14 August, 2007.

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