The Match Factory Girl (1990)

01/12/1990 (FI) • 1h 9m

Drama

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.


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Part of the Aki Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy

Includes Shadows in Paradise, The Match Factory Girl, Ariel

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Status

Released

Original Language

Finnish

Budget

$83,038.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

helsinki, finland

factory worker

match

isolation

parent child relationship

poison

monotony

murder

loneliness

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