Lights in the Dusk

Feb 3, 2006

1h 18m

★ 6.7

Overview

Outcast by his co-workers and living alone, Koistinen is a security guard who works the night shift in a luxury shopping mall in Helsinki. But when icy blonde Mirja approaches him, the lonely Koistinen falls helplessly for her, unaware she is manipulating him for her criminal boyfriend.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Sputnik

YLE

Pandora Film

Pyramide Productions

BiM Distribuzione

C More Entertainment

ZDF/Arte

ARTE France Cinéma

Lights in the Dusk Trailers

Cast

Koistinen

Janne Hyytiäinen

Mirja

Maria Järvenhelmi

Aila

Maria Heiskanen

Lindholm

Ilkka Koivula

Russian

Sergei Doudko

Russian

Andrei Gennadiev

Russian

Artūras Pozdniakovas

Shift Boss

Matti Onnismaa

Supervisor

Sulevi Peltola

Security Guard

Antti Reini

Security Guard

Neka Haapanen

Security Guard

Santtu Karvonen

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