Phoebe Dynevor could also be including one other smash success to her resume. The “Bridgerton” star toplines “Truthful Play,” a psychological thriller exploring gender dynamics that’s been the toast of Sundance 2023. Selection studies that Chloe Domont’s characteristic debut simply scored a $20 million deal from Netflix out of the fest, making it the second-biggest sale in Park Metropolis historical past. Sian Heder’s “CODA,” which went on to win Finest Image on the Oscars, scored a record-breaking $25 million deal at Sundance 2021.

Penned by Domont, “Truthful Play” tells the story of a pair (Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich) who work on the earth of finance. Their relationship is “put to the take a look at when an sudden shift in energy happens. This shift exposes true natures, and on a bigger stage, the unsettling hyperlink between feminine empowerment and male fragility,” Domont instructed us.

The filmmaker defined, “I wished to reckon with some unresolved emotions I had from my private experiences previously, particularly experiences courting males who have been threatened by me not directly. The one method I may address that was by making myself small — in a determined bid to guard these relationships. Over time this response grew to become regular, second nature, day-after-day. I simply accepted it and didn’t discuss it as a result of I couldn’t admit that the dynamic was actual. It was additionally complicated and exhausting to course of as a result of these males adored me for the exact same issues that frightened them,” she revealed. “That’s why I began scripting this story — to sound the alarm and to shine a lightweight on one thing that I imagine many people wrestle with, however are too afraid to speak about and even admit.”

Domont’s small display screen credit embody “Ballers” and “Billions.”