The Match Girl

by Jordan Tate

Screenplay.
A new darker take on Hans Christian Andersen's iconic tale "The little match girl" set in New York city during great depression era. Agnes, a miserable little girl who's lost her mother to phossy jaw is forced to sell matches on the streets to sustain an alcoholic father. Evicted by a greedy landlord, the little girl freezes to death on new year eve. Now a wraith, she's offered a second chance...And potentially a new life.