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THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL directed by Aki Kaurismäki |
The Match Factory Girl
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Director:
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Aki Kaurismäki |
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Color
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Year:
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1990
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Finnish with English Subtitles
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Length:
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70 mins.
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Available Media:
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16mm, 35mm, VHS
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| Description |
Includes 6 minute short: Those Were the Days with The Leningrad Cowboys.
Selected as one of the top ten films of '92 by Rolling Stone, Newsweek, and The Village Voice, The Match Factory Girl is Aki Kaurismaki's very dark, feminist comedy of murder and revenge. The film follows the bleak existence of Iris, a young factory worker in Finland who is cruelly ignored at home, at work and at the dreary nightclubs she attends. A new red dress leads to a one nght stand, pregnancy and a packet of rat poison which Iris does not intend to take herself. |
| Critical Acclaim |
"Magnificent!...Heartbreaking until it turns outrageously funny!"
Caryn James, The New York Times |
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