The Match Factory Girl (1990)
01/12/1990 (FI) • 1h 9m
Overview
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.
Top Billed Cast
Iris Rukka
Mother
Stepfather
Aarne
Singer
Brother
Co-Worker
Doctor
Man in Bar
Part of the Aki Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy
Includes Shadows in Paradise, The Match Factory Girl, Ariel
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