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A poor young girl has a burning desire to find comfort and happiness in her life. Desperate to keep warm, the girl lights the matches she sells, and envisions a very different life for herself in the fiery flames.

Amid an indifferent crowd in the snow-capped streets of Moscow, an impoverished, humble little girl struggles to eke out a living by selling matches in Roger Allers' adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's original story. Up against a relentless and mighty adversary, the poor seller reluctantly decides to warm herself by using the last of her matches, and suddenly, clear and bright visions of a happy, carefree life start to envelop her. Look. There's her sweet and silver-haired grandmother. And over there. There's the family's dazzling Christmas tree. Dear God, can the fleeting but beautiful illusion be real in the morning?—Nick Riganas

An animated short based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale about a poor young girl with a burning desire to find comfort and happiness in her life. Desperate to keep warm, the girl lights the matches she sells, and envisions a very different life for herself in the fiery flames filled with images of loving relatives, bountiful food, and a place to call home.—Anonymous