Year: 1980
Runtime: 100 mins
Language: Finnish
Directors: Leonid Gaidai, Risto Orko
In the quiet countryside of Liperi, Eastern Finland, Anna‑Liisa Ihalainen sends her husband Antti to fetch a small box of matches from the family home. What should be a quick errand stretches far longer than expected, leaving her waiting alone in the still, rural house.
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