Discussion: The Match Factory Girl

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This is the follow up discussion for this triolgy. Before the meetup watch The Match Factory Girl, then join us on 3/12/25!

The poignant, deadpan films of Aki Kaurismäki are pitched somewhere in the wintry nether lands between comedy and tragedy. And rarely in his body of work has the line separating those genres seemed thinner than in what is often identified as his "Proletariat Trilogy," We'll discuss the last film, The Match Factory Girl, while drawing parallels across the trilogy. Note: Aki Kaurismäki's 2023 Fallen Leaves is another potential installment in this series - if you've had the pleasure of seeing this, please chime in.