The dark comedy's cast includes Mickey Rourke, John Cleese and Fanny Ardant.
Roman Polanski still has no trouble finding an audience in Europe, regardless of the ongoing debates in the U.S. over his proper place in the film culture of past and present.
French sales outfit Goodfellas has inked a slew of deals for the 90-year-old director’s upcoming dark comedyDistribution agreements are set for Spain , Germany , Greece , Portugal , Benelux , Bulgaria , Yugoslavia , Hungary , the Czech Republic and Slovakia , the Baltics , CIS and Israel .
The film has no distribution in place for the U.S. or the U.K., where criticism towards Polansky remains pointed over the unresolved 1973 charges against him of unlawful sex with a minor.
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