The Match Factory Girl
With not even 70 minutes total running time and, seemingly, not more than two dozen total lines of dialogue, The Match Factory Girl spins a compelling narrative, a devastating cultural portrait, and an object lesson in the less-is-more school of storytelling.
"...young woman trapped in a dismal existence who, when pushed to the precipice of despair, seizes back control of..."
April 2, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten