Sundance Selects will release Academy Award-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski’s VENUS IN FUR in the US. With a screenplay by Polanski and David Ives, based on the critically acclaimed, Tony award winning stage play by Ives, the film stars Emmanuelle Seigner and Mathieu Amalric.  The film made its world premiere in Competition at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Sundance Selects did not announce an official release date, but the film is expected to be released later this year.

Set in modern-day Paris, VENUS IN FUR follows writer-director Thomas (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.

Polanski won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2003 for his film THE PIANIST.  His other acclaimed films include TESS, ROSEMARY’S BABY, CHINATOWN, THE GHOST WRITER and REPULSION.
 
In addition to VENUS IN FUR, Sundance Selects will release other films out of this year’s Cannes Film Festival including Abdellatif Kechiche’s Palme D’Or winner BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR; Kore-eda Hirokazu’s Jury Prize Winner LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON; Clio Barnard’s Directors Fotnight title THE SELFISH GIANT; Francois Ozon’s Competition title YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL; and Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT starring Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard, which is currently in pre-production.