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.

[2] It follows Iris, a young, plain-looking factory worker living a lonely, impoverished and uneventful life in late 1980s Finland.

[3] Iris lives with her middle-aged mother and stepfather, who spend most of their time watching the news on television.

Seeing it, her parents call her a whore and demand she return it, but she defies them and wears it to a dance club.

Iris leaves her number and, after waiting in vain for Aarne to phone her, visits him and arranges a second date.

Her stepfather visits Iris in the hospital and tells her she must move out of the apartment because she has caused her mother great pain.

Few films are ever this unremittingly unyielding... What made it more mesmerizing is that it's all on the same tonal level: Iris passively endures a series of humiliations, cruelties and dismissals".

[4] The Match Factory Girl was released on a region-free Blu-ray by Future Film in Finland on 3 December 2013.