Every so often a film comes along that redefines a style, a genre, a place. It happened this March when, seemingly out of nowhere, Rye Lane landed and was rapturously embraced by audiences and critics (one said its arrival felt “like a miracle”).
Director Raine Allen-Miller’s debut was praised for redefining the rom-com – “chewing it up” according to its star Vivian Oparah – and for being a love letter to a side of London very rarely seen on the big screen. It also marked the arrival of the leads, David Jonsson, and particularly Oparah, who was immediately marked out as a future star.
