‘The Summer Book’ Review: Glenn Close Stars In Gentle Story Of Bereavement, Parenting & The Healing Power Of Nature – London Film Festival

At one point in The Summer Book, Charlie McDowell’s infinitely gentle adaptation of Tove Jansson’s novel about a small girl, her father and grandmother spending the short Finnish summer on one of the country’s thousands of islands, nine-year-old Sophia looks at a tapestry on the wall showing a rampant lion. “Is the lion going to […]