The Match Factory Girl [SEP] series
The Match Factory Girl
The Match Factory Girl () is a 1990 Finnish-Swedish film edited, written, co-produced, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki, the final installment of his Proletariat Trilogy, after his "Shadows in Paradise" and "Ariel". It follows Iris, a young, plain-looking factory worker living a lonely, impoverished and uneventful life in late 1980s Finland. Iris is played by Kati Outinen, who had appeared in a number of other Kaurismäki films.
Plot.
Iris
", and "The Match Factory Girl"). The trilogy has been released on Region One DVD by Criterion, in their Eclipse box-sets. The film is included in the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" list. The film was entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival where Turo Pajala won the Bronze St. George for Best Actor.
Home media.
A digitally restored version of the film was released on DVD by The Criterion Collection as part of their Eclipse Series.