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Lights in the Dusk (2007)

Movie
Audience Score
67
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NR 1 hr 18 minJun 13th, 2007Comedy, DramaFinland Trilogy PosterPart of Finland Trilogy
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.
StarringJanne HyytiäinenMaria JärvenhelmiMaria Heiskanen
DirectorAki Kaurismäki
WriterAki Kaurismäki

Movie Details

Movie Budget:$1,380,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$1,615,018 (Worldwide)
Original Language:Finnish
Production Companies:Sputnik, ZDF/Arte, Pyramide Productions, ARTE France Cinéma, Canal+, Pandora Film, YLE, BIM Distribuzione, C More Entertainment
Movie Tags:
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Finland Trilogy

The Finland trilogy is a series of films directed by Aki Kaurismäki that includes Drifting Clouds (1996), The Man Without a Past (2002), and Lights in the Dusk (2006). The films are about the losers of globalization, and the characters' experiences in the years following the collapse of Finland's economy in the 1990s. The films have also been called the "loser trilogy".