One of Aki Kaurismaki's more depressing films, Kati Outinen plays a quiet girl who works all day in a match factory, brings the money home to her parents, then goes out to dance and ends up not getting picked. Just when we feel she might have found some happiness things take a considerable turn for the worse. Thanks to Kaurismaki's brilliant sense of irony there is a constant touch of humour beneath everything - with such stylised performances it's hard to take anything too seriously. In a way there is a happy ending, but certainly not of your Hollywood variety. Miserable but touching.
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