Little Match Girl is a short film made in France in 1937. It's a silent film about a girl trying to sell matches out in the cold snowy street at night. She can't manage to get any sales and she doesn't want to go home having made no money for the night, so she lies down in the snow and tries to sleep. Of course, it's pretty damn cold trying to sleep in the snow so she decides to light one of her matches... which doesn't help the situation all that much. Her hunger starts taking it's toll now and she begins to see things. She imagines being in a toy store and all the toys coming to life. Later a prince takes her for a ride as death rides after her (on a surprising vibrant looking horse, unlike the pale horse I would have expected). Will she out run death? Watch and see.
3 1/2 stars
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