The Match Factory Girl

The Match Factory Girl
Directed by	Aki Kaurismäki
Produced by	Aki Kaurismäki Klas Olofsson
Written by	Aki Kaurismäki
Starring	Kati Outinen
Cinematography	Timo Salminen
Editing by	Aki Kaurismäki
Distributed by	Kino International (US)
Release date(s)	January 12, 1990
Running time	68 minutes
Country	Finland / Sweden
Language	Finnish
Box office	SEK 131,180 (Sweden)

The Match Factory Girl (Finnish: Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö) is a 1990 Finnish/Swedish comedy-drama film written and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. The film is about a match factory worker who lives a dull and uneventful life. She is picked up by a man at a nightclub 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. On August 18, 2011 Roger Ebert added The Match Factory Girl to his list of Great Movies.

Cast

• Kati Outinen as Iiris
• Elina Salo as Mother
• Esko Nikkari as Stepfather
• Vesa Vierikko as Aarne
• Reijo Taipale as The singer
• Silu Seppälä as Iiris' brother
• Outi Mäenpää as Iiris' co-worker
• Marja Packalén as The doctor
• Richard Reitinger as Man in the bar
• Helka Viljanen as Office employee
• Kurt Siilas as Policeman
• Ismo Keinänen as Policeman
• Klaus Heydemann as Worker

External links

• The Match Factory Girl at the Internet Movie Database
• The Match Factory Girl at AllRovi