The Summer Book

The Summer Book

2025
★★★★☆ 7.3/10
⏱️ 90 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 EN
Drama
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.

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Crew

Director
Charlie McDowell
Writer
Robert Jones
Producer
Aleksi Bardy, Helen Vinogradov, Kevin Loader

Production

Free Range Films, Case Study Films, Stille Productions, High Frequency Entertainment, Hurst Capital, Helsinki-filmi, Craig Stilley Productions

Keywords

based on novel or bookgrandparent grandchild relationshipcoming of agedeath of motherfinland