The Match Factory Girl (1990)
- Original title
- Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö
- Directed by
- Aki Kaurismäki
- Genre
- comedy drama, art film
- Country
- Sweden, Finland
- Runtime
- 1h 08m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 295 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.
How it feels
A shy and plain match factory worker leads a dreary, isolated life in 1980s Finland. After a brief romance ends in betrayal, she takes a decisive and dark turn.
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What happens
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. It follows Iris, a young, plain-looking factory worker living a lonely, impoverished and uneventful life in late 1980s Finland. Iris is played by Kati Outinen, who had appeared in a number of other Kaurismäki films. The Match Factory Girl has often been considered one of the most esteemed Finnish movies. It was tied for "best Finnish movie" in a polling of film critics in 1992. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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