Take one plot by Richard Linklater Before The film, pairing it with Wes Anderson’s eye-popping aesthetic and then setting it in the ethnically diverse and highly photogenic south London enclave of Peckham, Lylane.
Starring the charismatic pair of David Johnson (industry) and Vivian Opara (teenage spirit) As a couple who plan to spend a long action-packed day checking each other out around the movie’s famous boulevard, Raine Allen-Miller’s rather addictive feature debut is colorful, clever, and sometimes laugh-out-loud. . But most of all, it succeeds in making an old story feel new. This Sundance premiere by Searchlight Pictures should help put that talented first-time director on the map.
Lylane
Conclusion
Meat cute full of charisma and cheeks.
We’ve seen it before: the meeting of two attractive young men during their rebound, the stories of their hellish exes, flirting and avoidance, the anticipation of the first kiss, rejection and avoidance. Not a reunion. Lylanetoss them together and then add her own special sauce to give it just the right amount of heat.
Part of that comes from the undeniable charm of her two main characters, bringing two very different kinds of energy to each character. Dom, played by Johnson, still lives at home and recently learned that six girlfriends are his girlfriends. Years ago, Gia (Karen Peter) has been timing him with his best friend Eric (Benjamin Surprong-Browni). Oparah’s Yas is the exact opposite. Outspoken and daring, she lives alone and tries to make it as her designer of movie costumes. But she’s been through a bad breakup too, and unlike Dom, she seems ready to move on.
Of course, opposites attract, and Allen Miller sets the stage from the first scene, which takes place in an art gallery bathroom, for a brief encounter that brings Dom and Yasu together for the next 80 minutes. The film’s brief run time is fully justified, with few wasted moments and places, and the director follows two lovers through the heart and soul of Peckham (plus a brief foray into neighboring Brixton). ). Vibrant communities filled with people from Africa and the Caribbean, block by block.
Shot in anamorphic widescreen by the talented Olan Collardy, it is also his feature debut. Lylane It’s packed with colorful frames like Wes Anderson, whose name is confirmed in the opening sequence, is known for, and lateral or frontal chase shots. But while Anderson’s films tend to focus on closed worlds and playful anachronisms, Allen Miller brings that style to the streets, turning familiar stories set in mundane places into something more special. turning it into something
The hip-hop vibe gets even bigger here from the subplot that revolves around Yasu stealing A Tribe Called Quest’s crucial LP. low end theory From her bombastic artist ex-boyfriend (Malcolm Atbra) to an exhilarating karaoke version of Salt and Pepa’s “Shoop” that she and Dom perform to a rowdy crowd.
comedy of Lylane Also, especially the constant jokes between Dom and Yasu are refreshing. Allen Miller introduces us to two smart and mean Londoners. For the two of them, pissing on each other is the best form of courtship, and although Dom appears to be the quiet type at first, he proves to be on par with Yasu when it comes to talking to him. What unites them more than anything else is their language.
Things more or less head into the expected places in the finale, but are ultimately too cute to do their own good. Lylane Even if Allen-Miller did a good job outside the genre, ultimatley stays within the confines of the genre. She uses this genre as a template to explore what she knows and loves. She records people, places, neighborhoods, places, sights and sounds and presents them compellingly on the big screen, turning reality into cheeky fantasy.
