The adventures of a young woman living in Northern California for a year.

Writer-director Greta Gerwig has crafted a film that draws on both the classic novel and the writings of Louisa May Alcott and unfolds as the author's alter ego, Jo March reflects back and forth on her fictional life. In Gerwig's take, the beloved story of the March sisters, four young women each determined to live life on her own terms, is both timeless and timely. The four March sisters--Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth--learn about love, life, and loss as...