The film "Puccini for Beginners" was filmed in New York City, USA.

Filming Locations:

The Mall (Central Park)

In the Movie

In Reality

The scene was filmed at The Mall, running from the flowerbed at Center Drive in the south to Bethesda Terrace in the north, is the only straight path in the entire park. The path passes a row of statues of famous writers, known as Literary Walk, and past the Naumburg Bandshell. The path and its surrounding American elms were built in 1857 and designed as part of the great park by landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux.

Conservatory Water (Central Park)

In the Movie

In Reality

The scene was filmed at Named after the conservatory that was part of the original plan for Central Park but was never built, Conservatory Water is an artificial lake located west of 74th Street. Although originally built as a naturalistic pond filled with water lilies, it was later remodeled with sharper edges to accommodate a fleet of model boats.