In 1978, director Roman Polanski fled from the US after pleading guilty to statutory rape of a thirteen year old girl. And this is what he will be remembered for, not for his movies. ThinkFilm wants to take a deeper look at this story and has picked up the documentary ‘Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired.’

The documentary focuses on the trial and Polanski’s fleeing and got a lot of positive feedback at the Sundance Film Festival. It even had a little run for an Oscar. The president of ThinkFilm, Mark Urman, worked with Polanski for 6 years during the nineties and helped creating the movie.

ThinkFilm will release ‘Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired’ in theaters July 11 and on DVD late fall.