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‘The Summer Book’ Review: Glenn Close Stars In Gentle Story Of Bereavement, Parenting & The Healing Power Of Nature – London Film Festival
Read Deadline's review of The Summer Book, starring Glenn Close and Anders Danielsen Lie
Jansson spent much of her life living in a cottage like this one – all wooden planks and questionable plumbing – where, in the film, Sophia, her father ( Anders Danielsen Lie, quietly rewarding as ever) and Grandma arrive on a motorboat in the first scene. Those who are unfamiliar with her, or with the taciturn stoicism of the Finns, may wonder at the point of a film where every significant event in the story has already happened before it starts and emotions are conveyed by no more than the occasional raised eyebrow or longueur. And it’s true: the story is no more than a few wisps — the dramatic equivalent of being tickled with a blade of grass, set among pine forests and pebble beaches and big skies that, while they are never exploited as spectacle, have as much to say to us as the characters do.
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