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DIRECTOR RAINE ALLEN-MILLER STARRING VIVIAN OPARAH, DAVID JONSSON ETA 17 MARCH
It’s about two people that meet at the wrong time, but it works out that it’s actually the perfect time,”’s David Jonsson) and Yas (Vivian Oparah) meet in a gallery while reeling from bad breakups, their very different personalities gelling as they help each other deal with their nightmare exes. Citing influences for as more Spike Lee and Edgar Wright than Richard Curtis, Allen-Miller has lived all over South London and was keen to represent the area with a lighter touch than it usually receives onscreen. “With South London in film and TV,” she says, “and Black London, for lack of a better phrase, it’s this thing where it’s grimy street culture, difficult lives with single parents, crime, all that kind of stuff. I felt it was important to make something that did have Black people as leads, but they’re just being happy and normal. That is my experience [].”
