International Panorama · 45th Edition
The Summer Book
Director
Charlie McDowell
Country
United States, Finland
Runtime
1 h 33 min
Language
English
Synopsis
Follows the inspirational tale of a young girl and hergrandmother spending a summer on a small, uninhabitedisland in the Gulf of Finland.
Cast
Glenn Close, Anders DanielsenLie, Ingvar Sigurdsson
Screenplay
Tove Jansson, Robert Jones
Producers
Duncan Montgomery,Alex Orlovsky, Charlie McDowell, AleksiBardy, Kevin Loader, Kath Mattock,Helen Vinogradov
About the Director
Charlie McDowellA British-American filmmaker, Charlie McDowell was born onJuly 1983,10, in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a directorand producer known for The One I Love (2014), The Discovery(2017), and Windfall (2022). In November 2022, McDowelllaunched Case Study Films alongside Lily Collins and AlexOrlovsky. Most recently, he directed the feature film adaptationof Tove Jansson’s novel The Summer Book (2024).
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