Pimeys odottaa

Pimeys odottaa (1985)

08 Mar 1985 • Crime, Thriller • 1h 19m
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A Finnish film noir pastiche from Kaurismäki "clan" member Pauli Pentti. Screenplay by Pentti and film critic Antti Lindqvist follows a young man (Pekka Valkeejärvi), who gets tangled in a web woven by a businessman and a corrupt police detective and concerning a night club singer (Riitta Havukainen). Stylized dialogue and laconic presentation bear a strong Kaurismäki signature. Then brand-new Helsinki subway system is a backdrop for many scenes, while the trench coats characters wear allude to the worlds of Humphrey Bogart and Jean-Pierre Melville. Somewhat thin and very short, this is still quite enjoyable exercise for fans of Finnish cinema.

Pauli Pentti
Director
Antti Lindqvist, Pauli Pentti
Writer
Pekka Valkeejärvi, Riitta Havukainen, Arno Virtanen
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Language: Finnish
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Country: Finland
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5.5

IMDb (86 votes)
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