And, at the center of the story, is Parnassus Book Service, transformed into Island Books, the inviting shop run by Fikry, for the shoot. Standing in for Pequod’s, the “Moby Dick”-themed eatery where Fikry takes Amelia for lunch and a Queequeg cocktail, and (spoiler alert!) later marries her is the Lighthouse Inn’s Waterfront Restaurant in West Dennis. Fikry grabs drinks with his brother-in-law, bestselling author Daniel Parrish (Scott Foley) – and calls him an idiot – at British Beer Company in Hyannis. meets and eventually befriends local detective Nick Lambiase (David Arquette). Indeed, while the film proves somewhat disjointed and rambling overall, the setting renders it worth a watch, allowing audiences to bask in the soft glow of the Cape Cod sunshine throughout the one-hour and 45-minute run time.Ī few spots captured by the “Fikry” cameras include Hyannis Public Library, which poses as the Alice Island police station, where A.J. As the author expressed to the Times, “Cape Cod, with its many bookstores, interestingly named roads, and distinctive coastal landscapes, is perfectly cast in the role of Alice Island.
To create the picturesque coastal backdrop, cast and crew descended upon several different maritime villages along the beloved Massachusetts peninsula, shooting over 200 scenes across a brief 21 days beginning in late November 2021, thoroughly bringing Zevin’s literary vision to life in the process. Fikry” is set in the entirely idyllic world of Alice Island, a fictional township purported to be “a ferry ride from Hyannis” in Cape Cod. A bittersweet tear-jerker through and through, Canosa says he “set out to make a film that would make people laugh and cry and go to their favorite bookstore to find a book.”īased upon Gabrielle Zevin’s bestselling 2014 novel of the same name, “The Storied Life of A.J. The 2022 dramedy, currently streaming on Hulu, chronicles a 15-year period in the life of eponymous curmudgeonly bookseller Fikry (Kunal Nayyar) as he grapples with profound grief following his wife’s unexpected passing, adopts a toddler left behind in his shop and romances Providence-based Knightley Press sales rep Amelia Loman (Lucy Hale). Bookstores may be a dying breed in the modern landscape of America, but nestled along Old King’s Highway in the coastal town of Yarmouth Port, Mass., is a historic antiquarian bookseller that remains a holdout, prevailing against online retailers and big box outlets for nearly seven decades! Standing three stories with a peaked roofline and clapboard siding, Parnassus Book Service has become a local landmark, so utterly charming and filled with New England appeal that it even caught the eye of director Hans Canosa, who cast it in a leading role in his recent film “The Storied Life of A.J.
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