For the Matches

Year: 1980

Runtime: 100 mins

Language: Finnish

Directors: Leonid Gaidai, Risto Orko

AdventureHistoryComedy

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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