# Lights in the Dusk (2006)

> A lonely Helsinki night-watchman is manipulated into taking the blame for a jewel robbery in Aki Kaurismäki's starkly comic portrait of human isolation.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/919

## Facts

- Runtime: 78 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Aki Kaurismäki
- Cast: Janne Hyytiäinen, Maria Järvenhelmi, Maria Heiskanen, Ilkka Koivula, Sergei Doudko, Andrei Gennadiev, Artūras Pozdniakovas, Matti Onnismaa
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458242/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Mood: deadpan, melancholic, austere, quiet evening, arthouse film night

## Movies like Lights in the Dusk

- [Drifting Clouds (1996)](https://ember.film/movie/3988)
- [The Match Factory Girl (1990)](https://ember.film/movie/3900)
- [La Vie de Bohème (1992)](https://ember.film/movie/17193)
- [Ariel (1988)](https://ember.film/movie/6)
- [I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)](https://ember.film/movie/3901)
- [The Man Without a Past (2002)](https://ember.film/movie/3789)
- [Somersault in a Coffin (1996)](https://ember.film/movie/59310)
- [The Tough Ones (1999)](https://ember.film/movie/24535)
- [You, the Living (2007)](https://ember.film/movie/3233)
- [Hellsinki (2009)](https://ember.film/movie/15008)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt