The Match Factory Girl(Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö)
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Finland, Sweden · 1990
1h 9m
Director Aki Kaurismäki
Starring Kati Outinen, Elina Salo, Esko Nikkari, Vesa Vierikko
Genre Comedy, Drama
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Iris has a soul-killing 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 mother and stepfather. One weekend, wearing her new red dress at a local dance, she ends up going home with Aarne, whom she mistakenly believes is her new boyfriend.
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