David Jonsson, Vivian Oparah, Raine Anne-Miller Talk Sundance Hit ‘Rye Lane’
variety.comAmon Warmann Guest Contributor It’s little wonder why British romantic comedy “Rye Lane”has been scoring so much positive buzz of late.
Directed by Raine Anne-Miller, it’s an infectiously funny and stylish feature debut that tells the story of Dom (David Jonsson, “Industry”) and Yas (Vivian Oparah, “Class”), who find connection with each other while getting over their respective breakups.
The film, written by “Bloods” scribes Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia, had its world premiere at Sundance in January. Ahead of the film’s U.K.
premiere – taking place at the infamous Peckhamplex, which features in the movie – Variety caught up with Anne-Miller, Jonsson and Oparah in London earlier this week to chat about first meetings, inventive camerawork and much more. What was your reaction to reading the script for the first time? Raine Anne-Miller I went into it feeling like I’m not going to direct a film that I haven’t written.
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