Want extra romance in your life? As a result of Searchlight Footage and director Raine Allen-Miller are presenting a brand new form of love story loaded with allure, humor, a photogenic UK setting, and wild adventures. “Rye Lane,” written by Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia, is a refreshing modern-day rom-com that tells the story of two 20-somethings, Dom (David Jonsson) and Yas (Vivian Oparah), who serendipitously fall in love in a day’s time after an opportunity encounter, discovering themselves within the course of.

Chatting with POPSUGAR about her characteristic debut, which premiered at this yr’s Sundance Movie Pageant, Allen-Miller explains that she nearly turned down the chance to direct “Rye Lane” as a result of she hoped to order that milestone for her personal screenplay, although she in the end could not resist. “I embarrassed myself on the practice laughing at [the script],” she shares. “The factor that was nice about it, it was fairly a easy story with actually humorous dialogue, nevertheless it was form of lacking world constructing . . . I set the movie in South London — it was initially set in Camden — and added some extra female-focused stuff to the Yas character, and likewise just a little little bit of surrealism.”

The surrealism Allen-Miller refers to comes from “Rye Lane”‘s vibrant visible aptitude, colourful surroundings, and youthful power that jumps off the display screen. Because the director, she aimed to “add my contact to one thing that was already actually humorous.” And humor remained a prime precedence over romance, as she’s “form of been in denial about this being a rom-com.” “I’ve obtained this filter like, ‘Do not make it a tacky rom-com filter,’ on continually,” she explains. Nevertheless, Allen-Miller is hopeful audiences will not be as finicky as her in terms of style labels.

“I hope they only have amusing. I hope they really feel pleased and foolish,” she says. “I actually simply need individuals to have a pleasant time. It has been laborious, COVID sucked, and it felt very nice to make a movie after such a troublesome time that is simply unapologetically pleased.”

Learn forward for every little thing else we learn about “Rye Lane.”