Lights in the Dusk

2006 · directed by Aki Kaurismäki

Rating

66/100

Hit

no

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.

Lights in the Dusk (2006), directed by Aki Kaurismäki, rates 66/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Janne Hyytiäinen
• Maria Järvenhelmi
• Maria Heiskanen
• Ilkka Koivula
• Sergei Doudko
• Andrei Gennadiev
• Artūras Pozdniakovas
• Matti Onnismaa
• Sulevi Peltola
• Antti Reini

Crew

• Timo Salminen — Director of Photography
• Aki Kaurismäki — Editor
• Melrose — Original Music Composer
• Aki Kaurismäki — Writer

More from Aki Kaurismäki

1. Drifting Clouds (1996) — 86/100 · hit
2. The Match Factory Girl (1990) — 85/100 · hit
3. Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989) — 82/100 · hit
4. The Man Without a Past (2002) — 81/100 · hit
5. Fallen Leaves (2023) — 80/100 · hit
6. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — 79/100

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