The Summer Book (2024)
90 min
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.
- Release date
- October 12, 2024
- Country of origin
- United States, Finland, United Kingdom
- Budget
- $5,000,000
Trailer
Cast
- Emily Matthews as Sophia
- Glenn Close as Grandmother
- Anders Danielsen Lie as Father
- Ingvar Sigurdsson as Eriksson
- Pekka Strang as Mr. Malander
- Sophia Heikkilä as Mrs. Malander
- Theo Zilliacus as Tofer
Crew
- Tove Jansson · Archive footage
- Charlie McDowell · Director
- Robert Jones · Writer
- Tove Jansson · Writer
- Aleksi Bardy · Producer
- Glenn Close · Producer
- Kevin Loader · Producer
- Kath Mattock · Producer
- Hania Rani · Composer
- Sturla Brandth Grøvlen · Cinematographer
- Jussi Rautaniemi · Editor
- Minna Sorvoja · Casting director
- Maggie Widstrand · Casting director
- Lina Nordqvist · Production designer