Borrowing Matchsticks (1980)

Original title

Tulitikkuja lainaamassa

Directed by

Risto Orko, Leonid Gaidai

Genre

comedy film, adventure film, historical film

Country

Soviet Union, Finland

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

S

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A smalltown man runs out of matchsticks and sets off on a simple errand that turns into a series of mishaps. The story follows his bumbling journey across the Finnish countryside in an earlier era.

lightheartedwhimsicalcharminglow-stakesplayfulnostalgicleisurelywarm

What happens

Borrowing Matchsticks (Russian: За спичками, romanized: Za spichkami, Finnish: Tulitikkuja lainaamassa) is a Soviet–Finnish historical adventure comedy film produced by Mosfilm and Suomi-Filmi in 1980. The film is based on a novel by Algot Untola. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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