Little Women

The film focuses on the March sisters - prim Meg (Trini Alvarado), tempestuous Jo (Winona Ryder), shy Beth (Claire Danes), and self-absorbed Amy (Kirsten Dunst) - growing up in Concord, Massachusetts during and after the American Civil War. With their father away fighting in the war, the girls struggle with major and minor problems under the guidance of their strong-willed mother, affectionately called Marmee. As a means of escaping some of their problems, the sisters revel in performing in romantic plays written by Jo in their attic theater.