Storyline

On New Year's Eve, a beautiful but penniless young woman (Catherine Hessling) trudges through the snowy streets of Paris attempting to sell matches to the wealthy passers-by. After staring longingly into the windows of restaurants at the safe and warm patrons within, the match girl attempts to escape the snow and cold by huddling into a corner near a toy shop. As the girl tries to warm herself with her matches, the shop's window display comes alive and beckons her into a fantasy world.

Plot Keywords

young woman, grandmother, father, wealthy man, wealthy woman, police officer, tender, dreamy, paris, street, fantasy world, poverty, death, compassion, visions, wretched excess, transformation, 1920s

Short Review

One of Jean Renoir's very early work that provides a lot of depth in a very short timeframe. Each frame is pretty magical.

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