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Lights in the Dusk

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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama | Foreign
Written by: Aki Kaurismäki
Directed by: Aki Kaurismäki
Release Date:
Theatrical: June 13, 2007
Running Time: 78 minutes, Color
Origin: Finland / Germany / France
Language(s): Finnish / Russian (with English subtitles)
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Janne Hyytiäinen, Maria Järvenhelmi, Maria Heiskanen, Ilkka Koivula, Sergei Doudko, Andrei Gennadiev, Arturas Pozdniakovas, and Matti Onnismaa
Lights in the Dusk concludes the trilogy began by "Drifting Clouds" and "The Man Without a Past." Where the trilogy's first film was about unemployment and the second about homelessness, this final installment is about loneliness. (Strand Releasing)
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What The Critics Said
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TV Guide Ken Fox
It's a handsome production, and a pleasure to watch. With a shadowy palette and a set design reminiscent of Edward Hopper's nocturnes, a soundtrack hearkening back to the sounds of vintage rock 'n' roll, and a cast of characters straight out of a James M. Cain novel.
Read Full Review >New York Post V.A. Musetto
If you're new to Kaurismaki, the film will make you a fan. If you've seen everything else he's ever done, the comedy will confirm your commitment.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
There's great music, an excellent dog, and that indescribable Kaurismäki tension between misery and a cosmic joke.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Kaurismaki's characteristically minimalist humor and wry empathy make brief appearances, but be warned: His Helsinki is a cold, dark place unfit for all but the hardiest visitors.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
Without Kaurismäki to introduce these lonely, forgotten souls to audiences, who's going to be his friend?
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Kaurismäki’s spare style and economical storytelling are well-suited to this particular story about loneliness, as the director never muddies the frame with sentimental dross or lugubrious inclinations.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust
There's a dry humor underlying the absurdity of Koistinen's experience. When things cannot possibly get worse, they do.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
So stylized and slow-moving (even at a spare 75 minutes) that you may have trouble adapting to its hypnotic rhythms -- but if you can, there are sumptuous visual rewards to be found, plus the faintest emotional uptick right at the end.
Read Full Review >Variety Leslie Felperin
Lights in the Dusk finds veteran Finnish helmer Aki Kaurismaki treading water with an amiable but very undercooked noirish fable about a security guard done wrong by a femme fatale.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
This spare, minimalist film is not realistic. It has the simplicity of a silent movie, and the blocking of the actors, especially in the scenes with Koistinen and Mirja, emphasizes the distances between them.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Nathan Lee
Lights in the Dusk derives scant excitement from its melodramatic plot, which satisfies a dismal, ineluctable formula with stultifying efficiency. Nor is it enlivened by the airless performances.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt
Lights will put in more appearances at festivals before achieving a brief theatrical window for Kaurismaki devotees to gaze through. Most will do so with discouragement.
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