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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.
Original Release
01/12/1990
US Release
11/04/1992
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Kati Outinen | Iris Rukka |
Elina Salo | Mother |
Esko Nikkari | Stepfather |
Vesa Vierikko | Aarne |
Reijo Taipale | The singer / Singer |
Silu Seppälä | Iris Rukka's brother / Brother |
Outi Maenpaa | Iris Rukka's co-worker / Co-Worker |
Marja Packalén | The doctor / Doctor |
Richard Reitinger | Man in the bar / Man in Bar |
Kurt Siilas | Policeman / Police Officer |
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Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Kati Outinen | Iris Rukka |
Elina Salo | Mother |
Esko Nikkari | Stepfather |
Vesa Vierikko | Aarne |
Reijo Taipale | The singer / Singer |
Silu Seppälä | Iris Rukka's brother / Brother |
Outi Maenpaa | Iris Rukka's co-worker / Co-Worker |
Marja Packalén | The doctor / Doctor |
Richard Reitinger | Man in the bar / Man in Bar |
Kurt Siilas | Policeman / Police Officer |
Ismo Keinänen | Policeman / Police Officer |
Klaus Heydemann | Worker |
Erkki Friman | Member of dance band / Accordionist |
Tapani Ikonen | Member of dance band / Drummer |
Jari Lappalainen | Member of dance band / Violinist |
Lasse Luoto | Member of dance band / Bassist |
Unknown Tank Man | Self |
Pope John Paul II | Self |
Helga Viljanen | Office employee / Clerk |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Katinka Faragó | Producer |
Aki Kaurismaki | Producer |
Klas Olofsson | Producer |