Little Women 🎥 2019 Movie Info

Plot Summary

In 1868, Jo March works as a teacher in New York City. Mr. Dashwood, an editor, has agreed to publish her short story. Meanwhile, her youngest sister Amy, who is in Paris with their Aunt March, attends a party with the Marches’ childhood friend and neighbor, Laurie. Amy becomes angry at Laurie’s drunken behavior, prompting him to mock her for spending time with wealthy businessman Fred Vaughn. Jo is hurt and angry when Friedrich Bhaer, a German professor who lives at her boarding house, gives critical feedback on her writing. Upon learning that her younger sister Beth’s illness has worsened, Jo returns home to Concord, Massachusetts. Seven years earlier, in 1861, Jo met her neighbor Laurie while attending a party with her older sister, Meg.

On Christmas morning, the girls’ mother, “Marmee,” persuades them to give their breakfast to their poor neighbors, Mrs. Hummel and her children. After returning home, the Marches find their table laden with food, given by their neighbor and Laurie’s grandfather, Mr. Laurence. Marmee then reads a letter from their father, who is fighting in the American Civil War. Jo regularly reads to her father’s sister, Aunt March, hoping she will invite her to Europe. When Jo, Meg, Laurie, and Laurie’s tutor John Brooke attend the theater, a jealous Amy burns Jo’s unpublished novel.

The next morning, Amy, wanting an angry Jo’s forgiveness, chases her and Laurie onto a frozen lake. Amy falls through the ice, but Laurie and Jo save her. Mr. Laurence invites Beth to play his late daughter’s piano in his house. In the present, Meg expresses unhappiness about being poor to John after having bought fabric they cannot afford. Laurie visits Amy to apologize for his behavior, urging her not to marry Fred, but instead to marry him. Though in love with Laurie, Amy refuses, upset at always being second to Jo. Despite this, she turns down Fred’s proposal.

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