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The Match Factory Girl

1990 · 69 min

A quiet, crushing study in loneliness that builds to a cold, deadpan vengeance; it is spare, sad, and darkly funny in its stillness.

Overview: Iris is a shy and dowdy young woman stuck in a dead-end job at a match factory, who dreams of finding love at the local dancehall. Finding herself pregnant after a one-night stand and abandoned by the father, Iris finally decides the time has come to get even and she begins to plot her revenge.

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
loneliness
revenge
class
family
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	8
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Aki Kaurismäki
Written by: Aki Kaurismäki
Starring: Kati Outinen, Elina Salo, Esko Nikkari, Vesa Vierikko, Reijo Taipale, Silu Seppälä, Outi Mäenpää, Marja Packalén
Cinematography: Timo Salminen
Runtime: 69 min
Country: Finland, Sweden
Languages: Finnish

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