Match Factory Girl
This blackly comic minimalist masterpiece stars Kati Outinen as Iiris, a shy and dowdy young woman stuck in a dead-end job on a match factory production line.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS FILM IS IN FINNISH, WITH DUTCH SUBTITLES.
She dreams of finding love at the local dancehall, but finds her attempts constantly foiled by her selfish parents and the callous behaviour of her would-be suitors. Finding herself pregnant after a one-night stand and abandoned by the father, Iiris finally decides the time has come to get even and she begins to plot her revenge.
N.B: This film is preceded by a screening of the short film VALIMO (Aki Kaurismäki, Finland 2007, 4 min.).
Aki Kaurismaki, Finland, Sweden, 1990, 68 min. , Dutch subtitles.
With Kati Outinen, Elina Salo, Esko Nikkari, Vesa Vierikko, Reijo Taipale.