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LITTLE WOMEN

OUT 1 JANUARY CERT TBC / 135 MINS

DIRECTOR Greta Gerwig

CAST Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, Timothée Chalamet, Laura Dern, Eliza Scanlen, Chris Cooper, James Norton, Louis Garrel, Meryl Streep, Bob Odenkirk

PLOT Jo March (Ronan) is struggling to make it in 19th-century New York as a writer, when she’s called home to the bedside of sick sister Beth (Scanlen). Through flashbacks, we see how the pair grew up with sisters Meg (Watson) and Amy (Pugh).

IF THERE WERE any remaining doubts that Greta Gerwig is a major talent in American cinema, put them to rest now. Her solo debut, , was a delight; this follow-up adaptation of an American classic takes an overly familiar story and makes it immediate

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