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The Summer Book

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Overview

Follows a young girl and her grandmother (Glenn Close) spending the summer on a small, uninhabited island in the Gulf of Finland.

Reactions, Awards & Festivals

Official Selection

BFI London Film Festival

“Attentive to characterful details of accent and posture, Close plays this tender-tough old bird beautifully.”

Guy Lodge

Variety

“It’s rare to come across a film so peaceful and sublime, never grating or meandering, so deeply in love with the magnificence of life on this planet... It’s remarkably touching and so lovely to spend time with these people on this island.”

Alex Billington

FirstShowing.net

"An absolute gem of a film.”

Carson Timar

ButteredPopcorn

Cast & Crew
  • Grandmother : Glenn Close
  • Father : Anders Danielson Lie
  • Sophia : Emily Matthews
  • Based on the book by : Tove Jansson
  • Written by : Robert Jones
  • Directed by : Charlie McDowell
  • Produced by : Kath Mattock, Kevin Loader, Alex Orlovsky, Duncan Montgomery, Aleksi Bardy, Helen Vinogradov, Glenn Close, Charlie McDowell
  • Executive Producers : Lily Collins, Jack Selby, Rick Covert, Victoria Castelli, Arthur Farache, Niki Leskinen, Petri Kemppinen, Ari Tolppanen, Magnus Thomassen, Harald Fagerheim Bugge
Technical Info
  • Theatrical Release Date : September 19, 2025
  • Production Year : 2024
  • Country : United States, Finland, United Kingdom
  • Language : English
  • Running Time : 95 minutes
  • Aspect Ratio : 1:66
  • Projection Format : DCP
  • Rating : NR
  • Genre : Drama