Lights in the Dusk
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67% Critic Match

Lights in the Dusk

6.7 / 10 2006 1h 18mNR Finnish
DramaComedy

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Janne Hyytiäinen

Janne Hyytiäinen

Koistinen

Lead
Maria Järvenhelmi

Maria Järvenhelmi

Mirja

Maria Heiskanen

Maria Heiskanen

Aila

Ilkka Koivula

Ilkka Koivula

Lindholm

SD

Sergei Doudko

Russian

AG

Andrei Gennadiev

Russian

AP

Artūras Pozdniakovas

Russian

Matti Onnismaa

Matti Onnismaa

Shift Boss

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Aki Kaurismäki's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Lights in the Dusk is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker