Watch Gemma Arterton in the Summerland trailer

Alice is a reclusive writer, resigned to a solitary life on the seaside cliffs of Southern England while World War II rages across the channel. When she opens her front door one day to find she’s to adopt a young London evacuee named Frank, she’s resistant. It’s not long, however, before the two realize they have more in common in their pasts than Alice had assumed.

Summerland is directed by Jessica Swale and stars Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Courtenay & Penelope Wilton.

The film is out on 31st July 2020.