
The Summer Book
Taste attributes: dramateenheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agecomplex relationship
Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, intimate drama, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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What lines up
- Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
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.
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- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2025
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Free Range Films
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