6.5
Paranoid Park
2007
The Summer Book (2025)
January 31, 20251h 34mEN
7.1
27 votes
Overview
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.
Director
Charlie McDowellWriters
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Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$5.0M
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Production Companies
Free Range FilmsCase Study FilmsStille ProductionsHigh Frequency EntertainmentHurst CapitalHelsinki-filmi
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Brent Marchant
5.0Intergenerational stories told through books and film – especially those involving touching interactions between grandparents and grandchildren – are longtime family favorites beloved for their inspiration, endearment and exploration of significant life lessons. One popular offering in this vein is The Summer Book, a 1972 novel by Swedish-Finnish author Tove Jansson, the foundation for this latest cinematic project from director Charlie McDowell. This fictional tale, based on members of Jansson’s own family, tells the story of a recently widowed father (Anders Danielsen Lie) who spends the sum…
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