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The Match Factory Girl // ART + LABOR Series Curated by Julio Torres
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Join Tomorrow Theater for the Special Guest Stars series, where some favorite guests curate special screening series just for the audience. For the Art and Labor series (Julio Torres’ favorite movies about getting lost in the job), Torres has curated Sorry to Bother You, The Match Factory Girl, Being There, and The 40-Year-Old Version. Join this special limited series with a video intro by Julio Torres.
ON SCREEN: The Match Factory Girl
1990. Directed by Aki Kaurismäki. Runtime: 1hr 10min. Not Rated.
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.
The Match Factory Girl (Finnish: Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö) 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 appeared in a number of other Kaurismäki films. The Match Factory Girl has often been considered one of the most esteemed Finnish movies.