Sundance Selects Picks Up Roman Polanski’s ‘Venus in Fur’

Sundance Selects announced its acquisition of Roman Polanski‘s latest film, Venus in Fur, which just had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.  The film, based on the Broadway play by David Ives, stars Emmanuelle Seigner as a boisterous actress auditioning for a playwright (Mathieu Amalric).

There’s no release date set as of yet, but we’ll keep you posted.  Till then hit the jump for a batch of new images and the full synopsis.

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.