Search - Aki Kaurismdki's Proletariat Trilogy [Criterion Collection] on DVD

MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 2008 DVD Release: 09/23/2008 Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: Finnish Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 3 Number of Discs: 3 Run Time: 3 hrs 35 mins Studio: Criterion Members Wishing: 16 Genres: Drama, Psychological Drama

The Match Factory Girl is a Finnish/ Swedish coproduction. Kati Outinen plays the title character, trapped in a deadly dull job and an even deadlier duller home life. Against her family's wishes, she purchases a bright red dress and heads out for a night on the town. She spends the evening with a handsome wealthy man, who shows how significant this sexual pairing is by leaving her alone the next morning with a large sum of money. Not wishing to tell her parents of her misadventure, Outinen splits the money with her brother, then waits in vain for her "lover" to return. When she finds she is pregnant, she writes a syrupy note to her erstwhile swain, who coldly sends her a money order and instructs her to get an abortion. Even her family turns on her when her condition becomes obvious. With her remaining savings, Outinen purchases a generous supply of rat poison--not for herself, but for all the people who did her dirt throughout the film. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Kati Outinen - Iris
Elina Salo - Iris's Mother
Esko Nikkari - Iris's Stepfather
Vesa Vierikko - Man in Dancehall
Reijo Taipale - Singer