The Match Factory Girl ( Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö )

The Match Factory Girl (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Mono )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Finland ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
66 min + 5 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film

Movie filmed in 1990 and produced in:
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Aki Kaurismaki

Written By:
Aki Kaurismäki

Actors:
Kati Outinen ..... Iiris
Elina Salo ..... Mother
Esko Nikkari ..... Stepfather
Vesa Vierikko ..... Aarne
Reijo Taipale ..... The singer
Silu Seppälä ..... Iiris' brother
Outi Mäenpää ..... Iiris' co-worker
Marja Packalén ..... The doctor
Richard Reitinger ..... Man in the bar
Helka Viljanen ..... Office employee (as Helga Viljanen)
Kurt Siilas ..... Policeman
Ismo Keinänen ..... Policeman
Klaus Heydemann ..... Worker
Erkki Friman ..... Member of dance band
Tapani Ikonen ..... Member of dance band
Jari Lappalainen ..... Member of dance band
Lasse Luoto ..... Member of dance band

Synopsis:

Iiris leads a bleak existence. She has a dead end job working on the assembly line at a match factory. What meager wages she earns all goes toward supporting her mother and stepfather, with who she lives in a small, crowded house. They largely ignore her unless she does something against their sensibilities, which leads to them exacting emotional and physical abuse toward her. And Iiris is also ignored socially, because of her overall somber demeanor and the fact that she has no money to make herself look more attractive to men. She believes her life will change with her chance meeting with well-off businessman, Aarne. However, what she believes is the start of a possible relationship with Aarne was solely a one-night stand for him, he who has no intention of ever seeing her again. The aftermath of this encounter with Aarne leads to Iiris making some decisions of how she will deal with her bleak life.

The Match Factory Girl is a Finnish/ Swedish coproduction. Kati Outinen plays the title character, trapped in a deadly dull job and an even deadlier duller home life. Against her family's wishes, she purchases a bright red dress and heads out for a night on the town. She spends the evening with a handsome wealthy man, who shows how significant this encounter is by leaving her alone the next morning with a large sum of money. Not wishing to tell her parents of her misadventure, Outinen splits the money with her brother, then waits in vain for her 'lover' to return. When she finds she is pregnant, she writes a syrupy note to her erstwhile swain, who coldly sends her a money order and instructs her to get an abortion. Even her family turns on her when her condition becomes obvious. With her remaining savings, Outinen purchases a generous supply of rat poison--not for herself, but for all the people who did her dirt throughout the film.

Iris has a dead-end job in a match-factory, lives with her dour and forbidding parents, and her social life is a disaster. But when she is made pregnant after a one-night stand, she decides that enough is enough and plans her revenge...

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 20 April, 2006.

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