Without a doubt a bleak turn for the final film in the Proletariat Trilogy from Aki Kaurismäki. There is very black humour in here but it's buried deep. Iris has an unfulfilling, uneventful life working in a factory, living with her mother and uncaring step-father. Events lead her to having to act in a way only the terminally-disappointed can fully manage. Virtually no dialogue, the machine-like drudgery at the fore making the drama feel so much more powerful. The trademark acceptance of shit happening is in there, but has a whole different context, like the previous films were preparing the viewer for it.
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