The 12-year-old Ophelia, in the war-torn Spain, follows a kind and cowardly mother, lives in the shadow of a cruel fascist officer stepfather, and fantasizes that she is the princess of an underground fantasy kingdom. 20-year-old Alice, afraid of a boring and hypocritical marriage, fell into a deep rabbit hole. Younger Rose, in a broken family and an empty wasteland, has to learn to have a long and sweet dream.
Think of the little girl who died on Christmas Eve. By striking a match, she can escape from a world of cold, hunger, and ruthless indifference. She can have delicious bread, the perfect holiday, and be reunited with her kind grandma.
This match can also be a poem, a movie, or a novel. At the moment when she draws the light, even if there are miserable winds and rains, ghosts walking at night, and demons dancing wildly in this world, they can give us short or long comfort.
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