Wrekin Hill Entertainment has acquired all U.S. rights to Liv Ullmann’s “Miss Julie,” which stars Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton, it was announced Friday by Wrekin Hill president and CEO Chris Ball.
“Miss Julie” premiered earlier this month at the Toronto International Film Festival.ย Wrekinย Hill will release the film in theatersย in Decemberย 2014.
Ullmann adapted the play by August Strindberg, and the film was produced byย Synnรธve Hรธrsdal, Oliver Dungey, and Teun Hilte.
“Miss Julie” isย set during the course of a midsummer night inย Irelandย in 1890. It centersย aroundย theย unsettled daughter (Chastain)ย of Anglo-Irish aristocracy,ย who encourages her father’s valetย (Farrell) to seduce her.