Lights in the Dusk

Lights in the Dusk
DVD cover
Directed by	Aki Kaurismäki
Written by	Aki Kaurismäki
Produced by	Aki Kaurismäki
Starring	Janne Hyytiäinen Ilkka Koivula Maria Järvenhelmi Maria Heiskanen
Cinematography	Timo Salminen
Edited by	Aki Kaurismäki
Production company	Sputnik
Distributed by	Sandrew Metronome
Release dates	3 February 2006 (2006-02-03) (Finland) 22 April 2006 (2006-04-22) (Cannes) 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]