Little Women is a historical drama directed by Greta Gerwig, based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, and Timothée Chalamet, the film is a sensitive retelling of this classic of American literature. It will be available on HBO Max starting November 30, 2025.
In19th-century New England, the March sisters—Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy—grow up in a world where women's futures seem predetermined. Yet each seeks her own path between love, independence, and vocation. Jo, the alter ego of author Louisa May Alcott, dreams of becoming a writer and refuses to conform to convention. The film explores their intertwined destinies with a modern perspective and sincere emotion, under the precise and sensitive direction of Greta Gerwig.
With elegant direction and non-linear storytelling, Greta Gerwig revisits the novel, highlighting the modernity of the themesof female emancipation and the search for identity. Her subtle direction of the actors, inspired cinematography, and attention to detail in the19th-century New England settings reinforce the timelessness of the story.
Little Women is aimed at fans of literary romance and arthouse cinema. Viewers will find a portrait of determined women, served by precise dialogue and staging that is both faithful and contemporary. The universal themes of family, choice, and freedom make it a sensitive and luminous drama.
Little Women
Film | 2020
Released on HBO Max on November 30, 2025
Original title: Little Women
Nationality: United States
Genre: Drama, Romance
With its modern reinterpretation of Louisa May Alcott's novel, Little Women celebrates female solidarity and freedom of choice in an elegant and emotional epic directed by Greta Gerwig.
Our opinion on Little Women:
Greta Gerwig offers us a very modern take on Louisa May Alcott's work. The four March sisters all have a penchant for the arts and aspire to earn a living freely and on their own terms, without depending on a husband and disregarding social conventions.
Meg sees herself as a stage actress, Jo is eager to become a writer, Amy a renowned painter, and little Beth a piano virtuoso. However, they live in a male-dominated world and must have a good marriage to "succeed in life."
Greta's adaptation is beautiful and touching. The film spans 10 years and each season is represented, which represents a considerable amount of work for the director.
At times, it is regrettable that there are no distinctive signs to immediately identify the era in which the scene before us is set, but we are quickly swept away by the whirlwind of these heroines' lives.
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