The Match Factory Girl (1990)
Iris has a soul-deadening job as a quality-control worker watching boxes of matches go by on an assembly line all day. At night, she eats silently with her dour mother and stepfather. One weekend, wearing her new red dress at a local dance, she ends up going home with Aarne, whom she mistakenly believes is her new boyfriend. When she discovers that she's pregnant, years of pent-up rage explode in a shocking outburst.The Match Factory Girl featuring Kati Outinen and Elina Salo is streaming with subscription on The Criterion Channel. It's a comedy and drama movie with a better than average IMDb audience rating of 7.5 (10,126 votes).
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Available to stream on a subscription service (The Criterion Channel).
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Not available to stream on a TV everywhere service.
Not available to rent or buy.
#185 Ranked in Movies on The Criterion Channel
#1533 Ranked in Comedy Movies
#2778 Ranked in Drama Movies
The Match Factory Girl has a better than average IMDb audience rating of 7.5 (10,126 votes). The movie is somewhat popular with Reelgood users lately.
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Iris has a soul-deadening job as a quality-control worker watching boxes of matches go by on an assembly line all day. At night, she eats silently with her dour mother and stepfather. One weekend, wearing her new red dress at a local dance, she ends up going home with Aarne, whom she mistakenly believes is her new boyfriend. When she discovers that she's pregnant, years of pent-up rage explode in a shocking outburst.