Laitakaupungin valot
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| Laitakaupungin valot | |
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| Directed by | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Produced by | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Written by | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Starring | Janne Hyytiäinen, Ilkka Koivula, Maria Järvenhelmi |
| Distributed by | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland |
| Release date(s) | 2006 |
| Running time | 1 h 18 min |
| Language | Finnish |
| Budget | € 1,380,000 |
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Laitakaupungin valot (English title: Lights in the Dusk, lit. Lights of the Outskirts) is a Finnish 2006 film directed and written by Aki Kaurismäki. It is the last part of Kaurismäki's Finland trilogy. It is starred by Janne Hyytiäinen, Ilkka Koivula and Maria Järvenhelmi. The film is about a security man who meets a femme fatale who sets him up for his gullibility and loyalty.
The film was presented in the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. It was chosen to be Finland's nominee for the 79th Academy Awards in the category for Best Foreign Language Film. However, Kaurismäki decided to boycott the Awards and refused the nomination as a protest against US President George W. Bush's foreign policy [1]. Kaurismäki also boycotted the 2002 gala, when his last film The Man Without a Past was nominated for an Oscar.
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