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LAITAKAUPUNGIN VALOT (LIGHTS IN THE DUSK)

In Competition
Directed by :
Aki KAURISMÄKI 
Country:
FINLAND, GERMANY, FRANCE
Year:
2005
Duration:
80.00 minutes

Synopsis

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.

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Aki KAURISMÄKI

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Contacts and useful links

Production

SPUTNIK OY - Museokatu 13 A, 00100 Helsinki FINLANDE - sputnik@sputnik.fi PANDORA (ALLEMAGNE) PYRAMIDE PRODUCTIONS (FRANCE)

Distribution

PYRAMIDE - T : +33 (0)1 42 96 01 01 - distribution@pyramidefilms.com - www.pyramidefilms.com

French press

EVA SIMONET - Eva Simonet - T : +33 (0)1 44 29 25 98 - F : +33 (0)1 44 29 25 99 - eva.simonet@wanadoo.fr

International press

WOLFGANG W. WERNER PUBLIC RELATIONS - Wolfgang W Werner - T : +49 089 38 38 67 10 - info@werner-pr.de - www.werner-pr.de

Foreign sales

THE MATCH FACTORY - T : +49 89 2000 120 0 - info@matchfactory.de - www.matchfactory.de

The Official Selection 2006

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