The plot is a love triangle of the most bluntly equilateral sort, involving a roll-necked Gallic hunk (Louis Garrel), his persistent new girlfriend (Léa Seydoux), and the gregarious friend ...
For one thing, Garrel’s casting tightens the gap between Jo and Bhaer’s respective years considerably. Alcott’s book never specifies Bhaer’s age, only describing him as ‘middle-aged’.