La piccola fiammiferaia (1953)

Directed by

Romano Scarpa

Genre

animation, drama

Country

Italy

Runtime

9 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is a short animated film from 1953 based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. It follows a poor little match girl as she tries to sell matches on a cold New Year's Eve. The story shows her visions and dreams as she lights her matches for warmth.

whimsicalsentimentalbittersweetmusicalgentlenostalgicpoignantanimated

What happens

La piccola fiammiferaia è un cortometraggio animato del 1953, prodotto da Mario Casamassima, scritto e diretto da Romano Scarpa e tratto dall'omonima fiaba di Hans Christian Andersen. Il film imita i motivi tipici del cinema di animazione della Disney negli anni quaranta, specie i brevi cortometraggi musicali, ed ha una colonna sonora del Quartetto Cetra, che aveva doppiato alcuni Classici Disney subito dopo la Seconda guerra mondiale (Musica maestro ecc.) (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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