The story of the relationship between Sophia, an eight-year-old girl who is growing up fast, and her grandmother, who is nearing the end of her life. They are spending time together with Sophia’s father, at the family summer house on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland. All three are coming to terms with the recent death of Sophia’s mother in very different ways.
Critics' Reviews
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“The Summer Book” is a haiku of a movie, conveying profound thoughts about time, memory, loss, and nature through a simplified, meditative, cinematic language of exquisite images and gentle music. Most of the film is just three characters in one setting, an isolated island in the Finnish archipelago. It is based on the 1972 book of the same title by Finnish author Tove Jansson, inspired by her own family, a series of brief vignettes about three generations over the course of one summer. Jansson is best known for her books about the nature-loving Moomin creatures, favorites of both producer and star Glenn Close and director Charlie McDowell.
Full Cast of The Summer Book
Glenn Close
Grandmother
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson
Eriksson
- Released January 31, 2025