The Match Factory Girl (1990) (Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö) (1990)

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Directed by

Aki Kaurismäki

Starring (View all)

Kati Outinen
Iris Rukka

Elina Salo
Mother

Esko Nikkari
Stepfather

Vesa Vierikko
Aarne

Reijo Taipale
The singer

Silu Seppälä
Iris Rukka's brother

Outi Mäenpää
Iris Rukka's co-worker

Marja Packalén
The doctor

Written by

Aki Kaurismäki

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Iris 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 with her dour mother and stepfather. One weekend, wearing her new red dress at a local dance, she ends up going home with Aarne, whom she mistakenly believes is her new boyfriend. When she discovers that she's pregnant, years of pent-up rage explode in a shocking outburst.

Release date: 12 January 1990

Tags: Finland (7), Finnish (6), Revenge (5), Drama (5), Factory (5), Dance (3), Accident (3), 1990s (3), 1990 (3), Comedy (2), Rat Poison (2), Sweden (2), (2), Working Class (1), Daydream (1), Soup (1), Finnland (1), Jilted Lover (1), Unwanted Pregnancy (1), Poisoning (1)

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