Jo regularly reads to her Aunt March, hoping she invites her to Europe. Marmee then reads a letter from their father fighting in the American Civil War. Laurence, has left them a table full of food. Returning home, their neighbor and Laurie's grandfather, Mr. On Christmas morning, the girls' mother, 'Marmee', persuades them to give their breakfast to their poor neighbor Mrs. Learning her younger sister Beth's illness has worsened, Jo returns home to Concord, MA.Īt a party with her elder sister, Meg, seven years earlier, Jo meets Laurie. In New York, Jo becomes hurt when Friedrich Bhaer, a professor interested in her, gives critical feedback on her writing, angering her. She's angry at his drunken behavior, prompting him to mock her for spending time with wealthy businessman Fred Vaughn. Her youngest sister, Amy, who is in Paris with their Aunt March, attends a party with their childhood friend and neighbor, Laurie. In 1868, Jo March, a teacher in New York City, goes to editor Mr. It also earned five British Academy Film Award nominations, with a win for Best Costume Design, and two Golden Globe Award nominations.

Among its numerous accolades, the film garnered six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress (Ronan), Best Supporting Actress (Pugh), Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Score, and won for Best Costume Design. The film received critical acclaim, with particular praise for Gerwig's screenplay and direction as well as the performances of the cast, and grossed $218 million worldwide. Little Women premiered at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on December 7, 2019, and was released theatrically in the United States on December 25, 2019, by Sony Pictures Releasing. Filming took place from October to December 2018 in the state of Massachusetts, with editing commencing the day after filming wrapped. She was made director that same year, with the film being the second she had solely directed. Using Alcott's other writings as inspiration, Gerwig penned the script in 2018. Sony Pictures initiated the development of the film in 2013, with Amy Pascal coming on board to produce in 2015 and Gerwig hired to write its screenplay the following year. It stars an ensemble cast consisting of Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, Meryl Streep, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, James Norton, Louis Garrel, and Chris Cooper. It chronicles the lives of the March sisters-Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth-in Concord, Massachusetts, during the 19th century. It is the seventh film adaptation of the 1868 novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott. Little Women is a 2019 American coming-of-age period drama film written and directed by Greta Gerwig.

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