Little Women

A rock solid interpretation of the classic novel, while at the same time interrogating a couple of the assumptions underneath it. It's funny, emotional and gorgeously constructed - the parallel timelines as it moves back in forth use some of the novel's repetitive nature to reflect on and parallel itself, as the four March sisters face up to the challenges of life during the Civil War and in the post war period, as their four different talents (writing, art, acting and piano) either find places of expression or become subsumed under other sides of life. Acting standouts from the always reliable Saroise Ronan and Florence Pugh plus a great introduction for me to Eliza Scanlan who, in one scene, brought me to tears. Major work from a major talent.