The First Photos from ‘Little Women’ Are Here! See the March Sisters In All Their Glory

Take, for instance, the first photo in the slideshow above. The mis-en-scene and costumes were mirrored after an 1870 painting by Winslow Homer called High Tide. As Gerwig told Vanity Fair, “It gives gravity to what you’re doing. The physical place really reminds you of the story you’re trying to tell.”

The next photo shows Jo and Laurie sharing a moment. Gerwig explained that she saw the characters as each other’s twins and often had them swap clothing throughout the movie to make them even more connected. 

The third photo in the series shows Meg working as a governess to earn a little money. As the oldest, Meg is the only sister who remembers when her family was well off and truly misses it.

But she’s not alone in this memory, Marmee recalls easier living, too, and it shows on her face in the fourth photo.

Then, last but not least, we see Gerwig directing Streep as Aunt March. Similar to Streep’s Big Little Lies character, Aunt March disapproves of the March girls’ upbringing and takes it upon herself to make them more industrious. She does this mostly by employing Jo (named after Josephine) as her companion.

In addition to the aforementioned cast members, Florence Pugh (Fighting with My Family) plays Amy and Eliza Scalen (Sharp Objects) plays Beth.

Little Women hits theaters December 25, 2019. We know what we’re doing this holiday season…