Lights in the Dusk

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Sergio A @Sergio83 06/18/2025 Even if one doesn’t agree with the protagonist’s choices, and despite some seeing it as a pessimistic work, as Aki often does, the film ultimately holds on to a quiet sense of hope and dignity. An absolute masterpiece. See more Abhijit S @RT51512306 09/16/2024 A must see for Kaurismaki fans. It brilliantly depicts how the more adroit members of society casually exploit the weak without consequence. What constitutes such a weak isolated character is the subject of the film. His infantile dreams, his botched attempt to make something of himself and when this woman enters it seems to him that he’s finally on his way to fulfilling his dreams. And despite knowing he’s been betrayed he refuses to turn in his betrayers. See more 01/21/2018 I feel sorry for the poor protagonist. Unfortunately, shit does happen like this. See more 04/02/2017 Slow-moving and uninteresting; not one of Kaurismaki's best. See more 06/26/2014 Aki is one of my Scandinavian favorites. His films are something for themselves and the ones I've seen from him so far is following pretty close plots. Here we meet a looser type of guy (as always). He's a security guard that no one seem to care much about. He smokes cigarettes, he drinks and he seem to just excist. That's until he meets a lady - a lady that got some intentions of using him. It's a dark film with some dark'ish humor sped around. It's strange, but still naturallistic and true, direct but minimal. It feels like I have seen it before but it's a great recipie. The best feature is that it's short. No unneccessary stuff and it get's straight to the point - the pace is great. Not his best film, but if you have seen other films of him you won't be disappointed. It's a huge symathy shout to the average man trying to keep his dreams up. 7.5 out of 10 grill wagons. See more 08/09/2013 Probably the most realistic (yet also very stylish) film noir I've ever seen (and, like any good film noir, a criticism of capitalist society). See more Read all reviews

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