Movies | Finnish Emily Matthews made it to the joint film with the star actress – This is how she appears in the first scene with Glenn Close

Author Tove Jansson’s Summer book-the first scene of the film based on the work has been shown.

American actress Glenn Close’s and Norwegian Anders Danielsen Lien starred Summer book was filmed in the summer of 2023 in Finland, among others in the archipelago of Kotka, Porvoo and Espoo.

With a long career in theater, films and television, Close has received eight Oscar nominations during his career. He has been awarded several times with both Emmys and Golden Globes.

Now in the published scene are involved The summer book grandmother (Close) and her granddaughter Sophia. played by a Finn in his first film role Emily Matthews.

Supervisor Charlie McDowell says in his message to HS that the scene was filmed as one of the first.

“I remember talking to the cast about how the scene would be their first chance to really explore their characters. It’s also where the audience sees the relationship between Grandma and Sophia for the first time. When I watch it now, I see Grandma helping and guiding young Sophia, but at the same time I know Glenn Close is passing on her wisdom to our brilliant newcomer to Emily Matthews,” the director says.

McDowell says that he fell in love with Jansson’s book twenty years ago, and that the words of the work have remained in his mind ever since. Movies on Netflix Windfall-film (2022) the director considers the highlight of his career.

“I look forward to the international audience also being able to see the beauty of your country,” McDowell says,

Summer book (Swed. Sommarboken1972) is about Sophia, who spends the summer with her grandmother and father on an island in the Gulf of Finland. The book focuses on the relationship between the quick-tempered Sophia and the grandmother who has seen life, which involves a lot of imagination and mutual tantrums.

The book’s grandmother, played by Close, is a description of Tove Jansson’s own mother. Unsurprisingly, Jansson’s niece is considered Sophia’s role model Sophia Jansson.

In the movie’s sideshows, you can see, among other things Pekka Strang and Sophia Heikkilä.

The summer book will have its world premiere in October at the London Film Festival. It will be shown in Finnish cinemas at the end of January 2025.

The Finnish production company of the international co-production is Helsinki-filmi, which has also produced a film based on Jansson’s life Tove-a hit movie.