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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Kaurismäki’s same deadpan, nocturnal tenderness turns an isolated man’s misfortune into a spare, funny and deeply humane fable, with modest gestures of solidarity carrying the emotional weight.
02
Why this pick
Its stylised plainness, dry comedy and unhurried compassion closely echo the mood of Lights in the Dusk, finding quiet dignity among working-class lives and small acts of care.
03
Why this pick
Another exquisitely economical Kaurismäki romance: lonely Helsinki workers, poker-faced humour, saturated night-time images and a hopeful connection that must survive an indifferent world.
04
Why this pick
This shares the controlled compositions and stoic underdog spirit, following a couple facing economic hardship with Kaurismäki’s characteristic melancholy, absurdity and refusal to sentimentalise.
05
Why this pick
A bracingly minimal portrait of humiliation and isolation, carried by deadpan visual storytelling and a protagonist whose muted endurance gives the film its darkly comic, tragic force.
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01 / THE STORY
Koistinen (Janne Hyytiäinen) is a lonely nightwatchman tasked with guarding a shopping mall. He attempts to socialize, but is treated coldly by his manager and subjected to mocking by his colleagues. While he is drinking alone in a bar, he catches the eye of some criminals headed by Lindholm (Ilkka Koivula) who learn of his occupation. Koistinen's only human contact is the grill vendor Aila (Maria Heiskanen) to whom he outlines his plans of starting his own company.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Koistinen
Aila
Lindholm
Shift Manager
Security Guard
Mirja
Security Guard
