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For the Matches (1980) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1980 · 100 mins · Finnish
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- Directed by
- Leonid Gaidai, Risto Orko
- Starring
- Heikki Kinnunen, Seela Sella, Rita Polster, Nina Grebeshkova, Mikhail Pugovkin, Leonid Kuravlyov
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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