CAST:
Kati Outinen (Iiris),
Elina Salo (majka),
Esko Nikkari (očuh),
Vesa Vierikko (Aarne),
Reijo Taipale (pjevač)

SCRIPT:
Aki Kaurismäki

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Timo Salminen

MUSIC:
Reijo Taipale

EDITING:
Aki Kaurismäki

Synopsis:
This is the third part of Kaurismäki’s “working-class trilogy”, made after Shadows in Paradise (Varjoja paratiisissa, 1986) and film Ariel (1988). The main character is Iiris, an assembly line worker in a match factory who lives with her strict and cold parents. Her drab routine is interrupted by a new red dress and a short romance. But after she gets hurt and becomes hopeless again, she decides it is time for revenge.

color, 69'