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The Drama, a Kristoffer Borgli-directed film from A24, follows Charlie and Emma, an engaged couple played by Robert Pattinson and Zendaya, during their wedding week. Throughout the film, viewers get glimpses inside locations around Massachusetts, including Boston and Cambridge, where the highly anticipated movie was shot. The Drama unfolds at a circa-1903 wedding venue, various charming cafes, and an art gallery that is home to works by Jackson Pollock and Georgia O’Keeffe, among others. Below, take a look inside every real-life location that played a role in the movie—most of which you can visit yourself. Though we can’t promise a Pattinson or Zendaya cameo…
Primary Filming LocationsThe Addison Gallery of American Art
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Located in Andover, Massachusetts, the Addison Gallery of American Art acts as the fictional Cambridge Art Museum in The Drama, where Robert Pattinson’s character, Charlie Thompson, is a director. The real-life museum was established in 1931 with a founding collection that featured works by John Singer Sargent, James McNeill Whistler, and Thomas Eakins, among others. Since then, the museum has added more works to its collection, including pieces by Alexander Calder, Jackson Pollock, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Edward Hopper. There are now over 22,000 works in the gallery’s collection, ranging from paintings, drawings, and prints to sculpture, decorative arts, and photography.
The Mansion on Turner Hill
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The Drama wouldn’t be complete without an eye-catching wedding venue, and the Mansion on Turner Hill in Ipswich, Massachusetts, plays that role perfectly. Situated on 300 acres, the estate features an Elizabethan mansion built in 1903 and complete with oak hardwood floors, hand-molded plaster ceilings, evocative wall friezes, and hand-carved paneling, stairways, and doors. And it’s been the venue for plenty of real-life weddings.
Charlie and Emma’s Apartment 
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43 Union Park in Boston, Massachusetts acts as the fictional apartment of Robert Pattinson and Zendaya’s characters. The circa-1850 condo includes approximately six units, most of which have three bedrooms. Zillow’s estimates for these units range from $2.146 million to $4 million.
Other Filming Locations
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Zendaya in Tatte Bakery & Cafe.
The Drama also filmed at a variety of other spots around Boston and Cambridge, including Tatte Bakery & Cafe, a coffee shop on Clarendon Street in Boston; Cafe Bonjour, also in Boston; Andy’s Diner, in Cambridge; a Cambridge dance school called Dance Complex, where Emma and Charlie practice their first dance; Other Tomorrows, a Boston design agency that acts as a photo studio in the film; a WeWork office, which portrays an ad agency, located on Arch Street in Boston; Boston Architectural College, which acts as the fictional Mission Publishing, Emma’s employer; Eastern Standard Kitchen and Drinks in Boston; Seven Stars bookstore in Cambridge; and a wine bar in Cambridge called Dear Annie, which the production turned into a flower shop. The Boston Public Garden, Longfellow Bridge, and various streets, including 90 Beacon Street, Commonwealth Avenue, and Dartmouth Street, also make appearances in the film.
Mary Elizabeth Andriotis is a writer and editor with more than eight years of experience. She has written for publications including House Beautiful, Vogue, Architectural Digest, Teen Vogue, NYLON, and Town & Country. She enjoys visiting historic house museums in her free time.