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Les lumières du faubourg

Original title: Laitakaupungin valot
  • 2006
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 18m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
8.5K
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Les lumières du faubourg (2006)
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In Helsinki, a lonely night watchman is caught up in a series of misadventures with a femme fatale and a crooked businessman.In Helsinki, a lonely night watchman is caught up in a series of misadventures with a femme fatale and a crooked businessman.In Helsinki, a lonely night watchman is caught up in a series of misadventures with a femme fatale and a crooked businessman.

  • Director
    • Aki Kaurismäki
  • Writer
    • Aki Kaurismäki
  • Stars
    • Janne Hyytiäinen
    • Maria Järvenhelmi
    • Maria Heiskanen
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    8.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Aki Kaurismäki
    • Writer
      • Aki Kaurismäki
    • Stars
      • Janne Hyytiäinen
      • Maria Järvenhelmi
      • Maria Heiskanen
    • 36User reviews
    • 57Critic reviews
    • 57Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Janne Hyytiäinen
    Janne Hyytiäinen
    • Seppo Ilmari Koistinen
    Maria Järvenhelmi
    Maria Järvenhelmi
    • Mirja
    Maria Heiskanen
    Maria Heiskanen
    • Aila
    Ilkka Koivula
    Ilkka Koivula
    • Lindholm
    Sergei Doudko
    • Russian
    Andrei Gennadiev
    • Russian
    Arturas Pozdniakovas
    • Russian
    Matti Onnismaa
    • Shift Manager
    Sulevi Peltola
    • Foreman
    Antti Reini
    Antti Reini
    • Security Guard
    Neka Haapanen
    • Security Guard
    Santtu Karvonen
    Santtu Karvonen
    • Security Guard
    Sesa Lehto
    • Security Guard
    Jukka Rautiainen
    • Security Guard
    Jukka Salmi
    • Security Guard
    Heikki Heimo
    • Bartender
    Erkki Lahti
    • Man at Bar
    Pihla Penttinen
    • Girl at Bar
    • Director
      • Aki Kaurismäki
    • Writer
      • Aki Kaurismäki
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    User reviews36

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    9slake09

    Kaurismaki is a god of cinema

    Lights in the Dusk is another in the series of movies about Finnish life that contain the same elements; deadpan dialog, subtle humor, stubborn protagonists, semi-happy endings. If you're into this style of film, you'll really like it. However, it's an acquired taste, not for everyone.

    Our anti-hero is a security guard, caught up in a criminal plot, ultimately taken advantage of by a beautiful femme fatale but redeemed by the love of a good woman. That sounds like a simple plot, but as seen in the movie it's anything but simple.

    I've seen references to a trilogy, mentioning this film along with Man Without A Past and Drifting Clouds. That seems to ignore Match Factory Girl, which fits right in with the rest. I've seen most of Kaurismaki's work and liked everything, I really groove to the retro style, the deadpan acting, the plots which seem simple but are in fact very complicated.

    If you like Kaurismaki, or are in the mood for something different, check it out. At the very least you'll remember it and think about it.
    8grondag

    simple yet memorable film

    I love foreign films. Maybe its because they aren't spoiled with the propaganda and commercialization prevalent in Hollywood films. This little jewel has made a place as one of my favorites. I discovered it on the Sundance Channel one day in August but I didn't watch it all. Even then I realized it would be best to watch it in colder weather to match the climate on the film. I only watch Dr. Zhivago in January or February. This film is wonderfully minimalistic. It doesn't tax your brain but is never boring due to the absorbing cinematography. Also, I love films that have a lot of quiet passages and this one does not disappoint. Thank God for movies like this. They cleanse the palate of inferior Hollywood drivel.
    8squelcho

    losing it in style

    I saw this film as part of the London Film Festival and would recommend it simply on the basis that it held my interest from start to finish after a very long day at work. The only other movies I saw which managed this feat were Taxidermia and Big Bang Love, both extraordinary films in their own individualistic ways.

    Kaurismaki inspires a certain hangdog cynical joi de vivre and leaves his audience to extract the humour based on their own mistakes/prejudices. So is it a great film? Not particularly, but it's a very clever piece that drags you into a vortex of depression and loneliness, and almost forgets to return to the surface. The acting is relentlessly downbeat, the script a tour de force of clumsy unspoken angst, and the whole is a beautifully tongue-in-cheek lesson in the art of 21st century minimalist expressionism. Personally, I find Kaurismaki's comedy blooming in the banal stupidity which informs the painful learning process of his clumsy but lovable characters. No assumptions of sophistication, only aspiration to a meagre level of happiness. Just like 90% of the world's population. Compassionate humanism and world-weary cynicism are constant bedfellows in the Kaurismaki canon. Who would want it any other way? Cigarette?
    8LunarPoise

    the arid, bitter-sweet beauty of despair

    Night watchman Koiskinen lives an alienated life. Ridiculed and shunned by his workmates, regarded as incompetent by his employers, he lives alone, drinks alone, and only manages to talk in any decent way with the woman who sell hot dogs in the fast food stand. His life changes when a mysterious blond takes a sudden and unexpected interest in him.

    As a Kaurismaki novice, I was struck by the spartan sets, strong primary colours, and the actors penchant for walking briskly into frames and then freezing, akin to amateur theatre in the village hall. Once you figure out it is all a send up, the film is fun and moves along quickly enough. The dry, pared down dialogue, lack of sentiment, and black humour are interspersed judiciously. There seems to be a record attempt for number of cigarettes smoked in a film going on. The Finnish attitude to alcohol makes Scotland seem like Utah. Throughout it all, Koiskinen infuriates with his passivity. His minor triumph at the end, finally making the right decision, is small, fleeting and perfect in this context. The film is both downbeat and uplifting. I don't recommend watching Kaurismaki films back-to-back, but as an antidote to an overdose of Transformers or Harry Potter, this works perfectly.
    9mcnally

    Kaurismäki's sympathies lie with the common people

    I saw this film at the Toronto International Film Festival. This is the third film in Kaurismäki's "Helsinki Trilogy" (the others are Drifting Clouds (1996) and The Man Without a Past (2002)) While I haven't seen the first, this film shares many thematic and formal elements with the second film, and I enjoyed it just as much.

    Koistinen is a lonely security guard who is ignored by his co-workers; that is, when he's not being teased by them. His life is soon turned upside down by a femme fatale, with heartbreaking results. Despite the grim-sounding plot, the film is full of the director's trademark deadpan humour. And I'm in awe of how he can make the film just radiate love despite the mannered acting and awkward staging. Perhaps it has to do with the warmth of the lighting and the colour palette, as well as the use of nostalgic music and art direction. Whatever it is, from the first frame, you know the director loves this sad sack and wants us to love him too.

    The films of the Helsinki Trilogy all deal with people on the margins, and it's clear that Kaurismäki's sympathies lie with the common people and not with those whose success or power has dehumanized them. He is a true humanist, and his "heroes" all bear their sufferings stoically; in fact, they quite literally personify a "never-say-die" attitude, and that makes them admirable. Their hangdog expressions may make us pity them, but it's their core of inner strength that makes us love them.

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    • Trivia
      Suomen Filmikamari, which selects the Finnish candidate for Academy Awards Best Foreign-Language Picture, had already chosen Laitakaupungin valot in September 2006, but in October 2006 Aki Kaurismäki informed them that he did not want his film considered for that competition. This also meant that there was no Finnish entry in the Academy Awards pre-selection.
    • Quotes

      Bank Manager: [Bank manager is reviewing Koistinen's application for a small-business loan] Tell me, Koistinen... Are you some kind of comedian?

      Koistinen: Why?

      Bank Manager: Did you come to cheer us up? What are these papers? A trade school diploma... Did you think it will give you a loan of two hundred thousand - without any security, any guarantors?

      Koistinen: I'll guarantee it myself, until the company gets going and...

      Koistinen: [Interrupting him] Guarantees from trash like you are worthless.

      Koistinen: But I've got an account here.

      Bank Manager: I won't even take your application further. It's rejected. You're only wasting my time and yours. Go away.

    • Connections
      Follows Au loin s'en vont les nuages (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      El día que me quieras
      Carlos Gardel

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    • Release date
      • October 25, 2006 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Finland
      • Germany
      • France
      • Italy
      • Sweden
    • Languages
      • Finnish
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Lights in the Dusk
    • Filming locations
      • Kaivokatu, Helsinki, Finland
    • Production companies
      • Sputnik
      • Yleisradio (YLE)
      • Pandora Filmproduktion
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €1,380,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $14,056
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,757
      • Jun 17, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,615,018
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 18 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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