LAITAKAUPUNGIN VALOT
(LIGHTS IN THE DUSK)Like Chaplin’s little tramp the protagonist, a man named Koistinen, searches the hard world for a small crack to crawl in through, but both his fellow beings and the faceless apparatus of the society see it their business to crush his modest hopes, one after another.
Criminal elements exploit his longing for love and his position as a night watchman in a robbery they pull off, leaving Koistinen to face the consequences. This is done with the help of the most callous woman in the history of cinema since Joseph. L Mankiewicz’s “All About Eve” (1950). Thus Koistinen is deprived of his job, his freedom, and his dreams.
Year of production: 2005
Country: Finland, Germany, France
Duration: 80 minutes
Credits
- Aki KAURISMAKI Director
- Aki KAURISMAKI Screenplay
- Timo SALMINEN Cinematography
- Markku PATILA Production Design
- Tero MALMBERG Sound
- Jouko LUMME Sound
Casting
- Janne HYYTIÄINEN Koskinen
- Ilkka KOIVULA Lindholm
- Maria JÄRVENHELMI Mirja
- Maria HEISKANEN Aila
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Contacts
Production
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SPUTNIK OY
Museokatu 13A 00100 Helsinki FINLANDE
T: 358 9 68 77 100sputnik@sputnik.fi
Secondary Production
- PYRAMIDE PRODUCTIONS France
Secondary Production
- PANDORA Germany
French Press
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EVA SIMONET
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EVA SIMONETeva.simonet@wanadoo.fr
International Press
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WOLFGANG W. WERNER PUBLIC RELATIONS
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Distribution
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PYRAMIDE
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International sales
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THE MATCH FACTORY
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