Rye Lane

...story, performances, production design, music, post.

Brixton is a lively, multi-ethnic neighbourhood in South London, and RYE LANE captures in a fresh and delightfully quirky way the travails of two "iconic" (film's catchphrase) characters as they encounter a panoply of off-the-wall characters to finally, in a Woody Allen couples' sort of way, emerge from their self-limiting patterns .

Permeating every frame is the "Brixton Buzz".

RYE LANE does for South London what NOTTING HILL did for North London (and even has a cameo by Colin Firth!).

The film should definitely go wide theatrical. I went to a screening last night - everyone stayed to the end of the Q&A and hung out afterwards - a telling movie metric. Also, there are hilarious background flourishes that will disappear even on a 52-incher.

Bonus: You'll be citing the pub encounter of the two exes for years to come.