A young woman stands on a corner on New Year's Eve, trying to sell matchsticks.
She envisions herself and the young man from the diner being pursued through the toyland by a pirate embodying death.
The film shifts back to reality and we see that the flower petals are really snow.
The film is based on the 1845 short story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen.
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