| The Match Factory Girl | |
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| Directed by | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Written by | Aki Kaurismäki |
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| Cinematography | Timo Salminen |
| Edited by | Aki Kaurismäki |
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| Distributed by | Finnkino |
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Running time | 69 minutes[1] |
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| Language | Finnish |
| Box office | SEK 131,180 (Sweden) |
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.[2] 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.[3]
- ^ "The Match Factory Girl". British Board of Film Classification. 28 August 1990.
- ^ "Eclipse Series 12: Aki Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ Elävän kuvan vuosikirja 1993, p. 81. Suomen elokuvasäätiö, 1993. ISBN 951-37-1086-6.