I am a lover of film.

It is something I have always appreciate more than most things. Growing up, my dad was the kind who made me watch 'The Sound of Music' and 'The Wizard of Oz' all before my first birthday. We really only watched old movies in my house. Deep down, it has shaped me into the person I am today.

Art is a medium that takes my breath away. That includes paintings, books, gardens, and films.

I recently decided to jump on the bandwagon and watch 'Little Woman'. It was for a variety of reasons, but I had really wanted to read the original book by Louisa May Alcott but had never gotten around to it.

Plus, to see Timothee Chalamet's face for two hours is something you don't have to ask me twice to do.

In this uncertain season of life we are, a smile moves mountains. 'Little Women' and its gentle love reminded me of the importance of this season.

That is just a season.

In this film, directed by the female, visionary, Greta Gerwig, it tells the story and lives of the four March sisters: Amy, Jo, Meg, and Beth. This along with their dedicated mother and father, who is serving their country in the War of the States, during the late nineteenth century.

This story, instead, starts with each sister out living a different aspect of their life. Amy lives in Paris as a painter, Jo lives in New York as a writer, Meg is married with a family and Beth lives back at home, fighting to survive a terrible illness.

All the girls have deep admiration for each other, as well as the wealthy boy who lives across the road, Laurie. He tantalizes all of them, for a life they could have in another universe.

Gerwig does a fantastic of making the audience feel as though they are living amongst each March girl. The struggles of the world in a middle-income lifestyle.

Timothee Chalamet (Laurie) and Saorise Ronan (Jo) perform your modern, tragic love story. Best friends, Jo with her aspirations to write for the masses and Laurie, with his aspirations to make Jo his lovely wife. Yet, she does not see him in that way until it is too late.

Their chemistry is unspeakable.

While Chalamet and Ronan take the forefront of the picture, the character that truly brings the film together is Florence Pugh (Amy). Playing the carefree and stubborn Amy, Pugh makes you feel every emotion Amy feels throughout the movie.

Pain. Annoyance. Loneliness. Expectance.

Pugh and Ronan are great as sisters, yet juxtapose each other perfectly, especially when it comes to Laurie and the heart they each have for him.

In the end, the film brings back the main theme that reminds us of what is important: the present. Being with those you love, loving them, and supporting one another is the most vital ingredient to making it through this season. The cast of 'Little Women' understands the pains of daily life and that reflects greatly to our present time. Yet, the togetherness of the March girls, Laurie and the rest of the community make it blissful.

Another aspect: everything happens for a reason.

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