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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).

Screenings

Thu 14 Nov · 21:00 – 22:33 Opera House - Hanager Theatre
Fri 15 Nov · 16:00 – 17:33 Tahrir Cultural Center - Ewart Hall