Sundance Selects nabs 'Trishna' for U.S.

"Trishna"Sundance Selects has acquired U.S. rights to Michael Winterbottom's "Trishna," starring Freida Pinto and Riz Ahmed. Deal was introduced Thursday within the Toronto Film Festival, where the pic's been screening. "Trishna," produced by Winterbottom and Melissa Parmenter, is certainly an up-to-date version of Thomas Hardy's "Tess in the D'Urbervilles'' occur modern-day India as social versions disaster the romance involving the protagonists. Pinto shows the earliest daughter from the poor rural family who accepts the invitation from the handsome stranger to get results for an costly tourist hotel possessed by his benevolent father. Bankside Films is handling worldwide sales. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com