Little Women is a landmark American novel that is once more getting its own film adaptation. This time, director Greta Gerwig has cast an impressive all-star ensemble that includes Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, and Eliza Scanlen as one of the most famous sisters in literature (Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth March) and the likes of stars such as Timothée Chalamet, as their neighbor Laurie, Laura Dern as Marmee, and Meryl Streep as Aunt March.
Little Women adapts the novel’s plot, which takes place during the second half of the 19th century in New England, after the American Civil War. Saoirse Ronan is Jo March, presumably the alter ego of Louisa May Alcott, an aspiring writer who pitches a novel based on her and her sisters’ lives. The publisher accepts with a few conditions: “Make it short and spicy, and if main character is a girl, make sure she’s married by the end.” Later on, Ronan’s character reflects on ideas about gender roles: “Women, they have minds and they have souls as well as just hearts,” says Jo. “And they’ve got ambition and they’ve got talent as well as just beauty. And I’m so sick of people saying that love is just all a women is fit for.”
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@littlewomenmovieWhen Jo urges her sister Meg, played by Emma Watson, to pursue an acting career, we hear Watson say: “just because my dreams are different than yours doesn’t mean they’re unimportant.” Overall, we can expect many reflections about gender roles in America at the time that will certainly strike a chord with today’s conversations. Emma Watson has been pretty outspoken as a feminist activist, while Ronan first came to prominence with her role in Lady Bird, a coming-of-age film about a mother-daughter relationship. Speaking of which, Little Women will have her reunited with Timothée Chalamet, who we see in a trailer playing a brilliant Laurie.
@littlewomenmovieLittle Women was adapted back in 1994 with Wynona Ryder, and in 1933 with Katherine Hepburn, both of whom played Jo March. This year’s adaptation has big shows to fill, but with a cast like that, no one is worried that they’ll succeed in producing a good film.
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