This film will be shown at Zeitgeist Zinema 2 in downtown Duluth (222 E Superior St). The film is FREE and open to the public.

“The Summer Book,” a 2024 film, brings Tove Jansson’s much beloved1972 novel, to the screen.

The Summer Book is a 2024 drama film directed by Charlie McDowell, written by Robert Jones, and starring Glenn Close. A grandmother and her granddaughter, aged six, spend the summer on a remote island in the Finnish archipelago. The film is an homage to cottage life so beloved by Finnish people. The island’s undisturbed natural world and the warm, sunny days of summer create a backdrop for an ongoing conversation about the natural world and the meaning of life and death.