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Feature film — 2025

The Summer Book (2025)

7.21h 34mDrama

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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A high-signal pick with 34 votes.

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

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Director: Charlie McDowell

On screen

Cast & crew

Glenn Close as Grandmother

Glenn Close

Grandmother

Anders Danielsen Lie as Father

Anders Danielsen Lie

Father

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Emily Matthews

Sophia

Ingvar E. Sigurðsson as Eriksson

Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

Eriksson

Pekka Strang as Mr. Malander

Pekka Strang

Mr. Malander

Sophia Heikkilä as Mrs. Malander

Sophia Heikkilä

Mrs. Malander

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Theo Zilliacus

Tofer

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