The Summer Book
The Summer Book

The Summer Book

8.3(7 votes)
2025
1h 30m
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.

Production

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

Cast

Glenn Close

Glenn Close

Grandmother

Anders Danielsen Lie

Anders Danielsen Lie

Father

Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

Eriksson

Pekka Strang

Pekka Strang

Mr. Malander

Sophia Heikkilä

Sophia Heikkilä

Mrs. Malander

Emily Matthews

Emily Matthews

Sophia

Theo Zilliacus

Theo Zilliacus

Tofer

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