Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- Finnish
- Country
- Finland, France, Germany
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In Finnish — subtitles on.
The story
The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, guided through the gloom by a ray of hope.
- helsinki
- finland
- husband wife relationship
- waitress
- restaurant
- unemployment
- laid off
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Markku Peltola — Lajunen
- Matti Onnismaa — Forsström
- Shelley Fisher — Pianist
- Markus Allan — Orchestra Member
- Pauli Granfelt — Orchestra Member
- Kari Lindqvist — Orchestra Member
- Pentti Mutikainen — Orchestra Member
- Tommi Parkkonen — Orchestra Member
- Taisto Wesslin — Orchestra Member
- Tuire Liiti — Waitress
- Kaarina Väyrynen — Waitress
- Directed
- Aki Kaurismäki
- Written
- Aki Kaurismäki
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 208 ratings
- Studio
- Sputnik, Pyramide Productions, Pandora Film, YLE
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
