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The Little Match Girl (1928)

The Little Match Girl poster
Original title
La Petite Marchande d'allumettes
Directed by
Jean Tedesco, Jean Renoir
Genre
drama film, silent film, Christmas film
Country
France
Runtime
32 min
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 55 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A poor girl tries to sell matches on a cold winter night. She daydreams and sees visions as she freezes.

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What happens

The Little Match Girl (French: La petite marchande d'allumettes) is a 1928 French drama featurette film directed by Jean Renoir and starring Catherine Hessling. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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