In 1840s England, acclaimed fossil hunter Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) meets Charlotte (Saoirse Ronan) a young woman suffering from Melancholia (oldspeak for depression) and sent by her husband to convalesce by the sea alongside the famous palaeontologist. The friendship is frosty at first, we soon come to realize it’s not just Charlotte who is depressed, but her new strolling buddy as well — a loner with no interest in conversing with the people around her, including her mother (Gemma Jones) who happens to work with her at the fossil shop she manages. Charlotte soon develops a high fever, Mary starts to care for her bed-stricken roomate, and as Charlotte’s spirits improve, so do Mary’s, to the point where lust comes into the equation.
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If you read this site then you would know that Greta Gerwig’s much-anticipated “Little Women” test-screened earlier in the summer, most of the reactions I had received were positive, those with a few qualms about the film were mostly irked by the slower, more character-developing first hour. At some point, Gerwig ended up going back to the editing room in late August, which then culminated in rumours implying “Little Women” would skip fall festivals. As these rumours were circulating a new edit of the film was test-screened, with some accounts pointing out to a tighter and more focused first half.
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