“Close your eyes. Just for a moment.”
Kesäkirja
| Director | Charlie McDowell |
|---|---|
| Script | Robert Jones (based on Tove Jansson's novel) |
| Cast | Glenn Close, Emily Matthews, Anders Danielsen Lie, Pekka Strang, Sophia Heikkilä |
| Length | 1h 35min |
| Genre | drama |
| Language | English |
| Subtitles | Finnish, Swedish |
The film, based on Tove Jansson‘s beloved novel The Summer Book, follows the inspirational story of a young girl and her grandmother spending a summer on a small, uninhabited island in the Gulf of Finland.
The international co-production, which premiered at the London Film Festival, stars eight-time Oscar nominee Glenn Close, Anders Danielsen Lie, acclaimed for his role in The Worst Person in the World, and Finnish actress Emily Matthews in her first film role.
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“Fresh score. Attentive to characterful details of accent and posture, Close plays this tender-tough old bird beautifully, resisting twinkly sentimentality while maintaining a palpably affectionate rapport with Matthews.”