Lights in the Dusk

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Sergio A 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. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/18/25 Full Review Abhijit S 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. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/16/24 Full Review Audience Member I feel sorry for the poor protagonist. Unfortunately, shit does happen like this. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Slow-moving and uninteresting; not one of Kaurismaki's best. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member 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). Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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