The Match Factory Girl

Produced in 1990

Film Information

Festival Edition 2012 - Edition 12

Section Aki Kaurismaki

Director Aki Kaurismäki

Country Finland / Sweden

Duration 68 min

Language Finnish

Producer Aki Kaurismäki, Klas Olofsson

Screenplay Aki Kaurismäki

Cast Kati Outinen, Elina Salo, Esko Nikkari

Genre Drama

Synopsis

A match factory worker lives a dull and uneventful life. A man at a nightclub picks her up and she sleeps with him. He gets her pregnant then wants nothing to do with her. She decides to take revenge against him and anyone who crosses her.