With seven BRITs and two Ivor Novello awards under her belt already, Raye has taken the music industry by storm over the past few years. Now, she is set to take a new path in her career, as she lands her first film role.
As per Variety, the singer-songwriter will star alongside Academy Award-nominee Isabelle Huppert in Lineage, the latest feature film from acclaimed French director Yann Demange (Top Boy).
Billed as a "high-profile crime drama", the story is said to take place in "contemporary multicultural" London, and centres on Tariq following his release from prison. With his newfound sense of freedom, he attempts to rebuild his relationship with his son, Amine.
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"When his brother pleads for help, Tariq is pulled back into London's criminal underworld and the dangerous orbit of their crime boss mother," teases the logline, with Tariq having to "confront his family loyalty and the legacy of violence that has defined his life".
In addition to Raye and Huppert, the latter of whom is known for her roles in Greta and Mrs Harris Goes to Paris, the confirmed cast for Lineage includes Dali Benssalah and Adam Bessa.
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"Lineage is a homecoming for me in many ways. [It has] characters I know very well at the centre of the story, including a formidable crime boss matriarch," said Demange, who called it a "love love letter to the London I grew up in and love".
"It's important to me that the film both honours and delivers on the crime genre in an exciting and fresh way, whilst simultaneously exploring the complications of family and the possibility of transcending one's beginnings," he added.
"Lineage is bold, filmmaker-driven cinema with true artistic ambition and global commercial appeal," said producer Thomas Benski, who dubbed Demange a "singular cinematic voice and one of the most distinctive filmmakers of his generation".
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He added that the filmmaker, who is also known for '71 and White Boy Rick, "masterfully" blends "emotional intensity, propulsive visual storytelling and cultural relevance" in his work.
Enda Walsh, who is known for his work on Small Things Like These and Die My Love, is penning the screenplay, while Demange has a story credit. Raye's role in the project is currently unconfirmed, and the film doesn't have a release date.
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