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    The Match Factory Girl

    1992 · Comedy drama · 1h 10m

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  1. The Match Factory Girl (Finnish: Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö) is a 1990 Finnish-Swedish film edited, written, co-produced, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki, the final installment of his Proletariat Trilogy, after his Shadows in Paradise and Ariel.

    • 12 January 1990
  2. Nov 6, 1992 · The Match Factory Girl: Directed by Aki Kaurismäki. With Kati Outinen, Elina Salo, Esko Nikkari, Vesa Vierikko. A woman's terribly dull life is upended by a one-night stand pregnancy, causing her to seek retribution.

    • (10K)
    • Comedy, Crime, Drama
    • Aki Kaurismäki
    • 1992-11-06
  3. Aug 18, 2011 · "The Match Factory Girl" is the third film in Kaurismaki's Proletariat Trilogy. It follows "Shadows in Paradise," about a aimless garbage collector and "Ariel" (1988), about a coal miner who escapes his subterranean work by turning to crime.

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  5. The Match Factory Girl. Iris (Kati Outinen) has a soul-deadening job as a quality-control worker watching boxes of matches go by on an assembly line all day. At night, she eats silently...

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    • Kati Outinen
    • Aki Kaurismäki
    • Finnkino Oy
  6. May 16, 2024 · Iris is a shy and dowdy young woman stuck in a dead-end job at a match factory, who dreams of finding love at the local dancehall. Finding herself pregnant after a one-night stand and abandoned by the father, Iris finally decides the time has come to get even and she begins to plot her revenge.

    • (67)
    • 1990
    • Iris Rukka; Mother; Stepfather
    • Aki Kaurismäki
  7. Feb 14, 2014 · Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. An unskilled laborer in a match factory is oppressed by her parents and ignored by men at the local dances. Cast & Crew. Read More. Aki Kaurismäki. Director. Kati Outinen. Iris. Elina Salo. Iris' Mother. Esko Nikkari. Iris' Stepfather. Vesa Vierikko. Man In Dancehall. Reijo Taipale. Singer.

  8. The Match Factory Girl. Kaurismäki took his penchant for despairing character studies to unspeakably grim depths in the shockingly entertaining The Match Factory Girl. Kati Outinen is memorably impenetrable as Iris, whose grinding days as a cog in a factory wheel, and nights as a neglected daughter living with her parents, ultimately send her ...

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