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Four sisters coming of age

Published:Thursday | December 26, 2019 | 12:05 AM

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

Little Women is an American coming-of-age period drama written and directed by Greta Gerwig. It is the eighth film adaptation of the 1868 novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott. The film stars Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Academy Award nominees Laura Dern and Timothée Chalamet, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, James Norton, Louis Garrel, Chris Cooper, and Academy Award winner Meryl Streep.