The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“ 岛上书店 ”
CINEMA2022-10-07
DIGITAL2023-05-22
RegionGB / US
Runtime105 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“A stark rural drama where poverty, family secrets, and dangerous networks shape a young woman's constrained choices.”
Storyline
This comical love story follows the story of A.J. Fikry, whose life is not at all what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history and now his prized possession, a rare edition of Poe poems, has been stolen. He’s given up on people and even the books in his store offer another reminder that
DIRECTOR / Director
Hans Canosa
KEYWORDS
small townislandbookshopbased on novel or bookbrother-in-lawmarriagecoplovealcoholicwidowernew englandnovelistcape codsister-in-lawferrybooksabandoned childornerybookstore ownerbookstoredepressed manlove of books
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Handheld naturalism capturing unvarnished reality—illuminating human dignity across the margins of society.
A stark rural drama where poverty, family secrets, and dangerous networks shape a young woman's constrained choices.
