The Match Factory Girl
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Initial release | Finland |
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Directors | Aki Kaurismäki |
Box office | 131,180 SEK (Sweden) |
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ID | 1413827 |
About The Match Factory Girl
Iris (Kati Outinen) 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 (Elina Salo) and stepfather (Esko Nikkari). One weekend, wearing her new red dress at a local dance, she ends up going home with Aarne (Vesa Vierikko), 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. …