8 November 2006 (2006-11-08) (Internationales Filmfest Braunschweig)
Running time
78 minutes
Countries
Finland
Germany
France
Language
Finnish
Budget
€ 1,380,000
Box office
$1,615,018
Lights in the Dusk (Finnish: Laitakaupungin valot) is a 2006 Finnish comedy-drama film written, directed, produced and edited by Aki Kaurismäki. Starring Janne Hyytiäinen, Ilkka Koivula, and Maria Järvenhelmi, the film was presented at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.[1] 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)."[2]
^"Laitakaupungin valot (Lights in the Dusk)". Festival de Cannes (Archives: 2006, Selections). Retrieved 8 July 2015.
^Nafus, Chale, Director of Programming, Austin Film Society. "Lights in the Dusk (Laitakaupungin valot): Written, Produced, Directed, and Edited by Aki Kaurismäki". Austin Film Society. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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