Sundance Selects Acquires Rights to Polanski's VENUS IN FUR

Deadline reports that Sundance Selects has acquired the U.S. rights to Roman Polanski's VENUS IN FUR. The film, based on the Tony Award-winning play by David Ives, stars Emmanuelle Seigner and Mathieu Amalric and made its world premiere in Competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

"Venus in Fur proves once more why Roman Polanski is one of the world's premier auteurs," Sundance Selects/IFC Films president Jonathan Sehring said. "It is a brilliant cinematic adaptation in every way and features two powerful performances from Emmanuelle Seigner and Mathieu Amalric. We are honored to have the chance to work with Roman, Robert and Alain and everyone involved with this film."

Set in modern-day Paris, Venus In Fur follows a writer-director (Amalric) and a pushy, foul-mouthed actress named Vanda (Seigner) who bursts into auditions in a whirlwind of erratic energy. Vanda's emotionally charged audition for the gifted but demanding playwright becomes an electrifying game of cat and mouse that blurs the lines between fantasy and reality, seduction and power, and ultimately, attraction and obsession.

Venus in Fur won a Tony nomination for Best Play and garnered a Tony Award for Nina Arianda as Best Actress.