The Summer Book
Cinema
Charlie McDowell, 2024 1h 35m (PG)
Glenn Close gives a wonderfully graceful performance in Charlie McDowell’s beautifully filmed, tender and evocative adaptation of Moomin creator Tove Jansson’s beloved novel.
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
1.30 PM
Standard £10.50
Towner Members £9.45
Under 25s £7.50
Babes in Arms £8
Relaxed Screening £5
Friday Film Night £8.50
Glenn Close gives a wonderfully graceful performance in Charlie McDowell’s beautifully filmed, tender and evocative adaptation of Moomin creator Tove Jansson’s beloved novel.
An intergenerational family spends a transformative summer at their rustic holiday home on an unspoiled, remote island in the Gulf of Finland. Exploring loss, the natural world, and the delicate bonds between a young girl, her wise grandmother (Close) and her grieving father (Anders Danielsen Lie), The Summer Book is a poignant exploration of life's beginnings and endings.