Rye Lane is a romantic comedy that follows two strangers, Yas and Dom, who connect over the course of one eventful day while reeling from recent breakups.
Dom is crying in a unisex bathroom at an art gallery, over his six-year relationship with Gia, who left him for his best friend, Eric. Yas heard him and eventually struck up a conversation.
Yas and Dom spend the day walking through South London.
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Yas is a costume designer hiding her own recent breakup with a pretentious artist, then encouraged Dom to confront his ex-girlfriend.
The duo engages in several antics, including pretending to be in a relationship at a lunch meeting with Dom’s ex, Gia and her new partner, Eric. Infiltrating Yas’s ex-boyfriend’s home to retrieve her record, resulting in a tense encounter.
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After a fight where it is revealed Yas was actually dumped and lied about it, they separate. However, months later, they reconnect at an art exhibition. Yas makes a grand romantic gesture on a boat on the River Thames, and they embrace, having helped each other move on and finding a new romance together.
Rye Lane says, “heartbreak makes you 12 years old again, the cure isn’t ‘get over it’, it is ‘get outside with someone who gets it”.
Rye Lane proves that you don’t need Paris, you don’t need money, you need one day, one person and one street that feels like yours. Love is local, and that healing isn’t a destination. It’s a day with someone on your street.
Directed by: Raine Allen-Miller
Cast: David Jonson, Vivian Oparah, Anastasia Zabarchuk, Colin Firth, Viviana Aprea, Munya Chawawa
Running time: 1 hour 22 minutes
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