Finland / Sweden,
1990, 68 min
Directed by:
Aki KaurismäkiScreenplay:
Aki KaurismäkiCinematography:
Timo SalminenComposer:
Mauri SuménCast:
Kati Outinen, Elina Salo, Esko Nikkari, Vesa Vierikko, Reijo Taipale, Silu Seppälä, Outi Mäenpää, Marja Packalén, Richard Reitinger, Helka Viljanen (more)VOD (1)
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Kaurismäki took his penchant for despairing character studies to unspeakably grim depths in the shockingly entertaining The Match Factory Girl. Kati Outinen is memorably impenetrable as Iris, whose grinding days as a cog in a factory wheel, and nights as a neglected daughter living with her parents, ultimately send her over the edge. Yet despite her transgressions, Kaurismäki makes Iris a compelling, even sympathetic figure. Bleak yet suffused with comic irony, The Match Factory Girl closes out the “Proletariat Trilogy” with a bang - and a whimper. (Criterion)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
European Film Awards
- 1990 - Aki Kaurismäki (Best Film)
Jussi Awards
- 1991 - Aki Kaurismäki (Best Direction)
- 1991 - Kati Outinen (Best Actress)
- 1991 - Esko Nikkari (Best Supporting Actor)
- 1991 - Elina Salo (Best Supporting Actress)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1992 - Best Foreign Language Film