Distributor Focus Features has acquired the North American rights to Suffragette, the historical drama starring Meryl Streep, Carey Mulligan and Brendan Gleeson.
Deadline.com, which broke the news of the deal, says that Focus has also acquired the rights for Latin America, India, South Korea and most of Eastern Europe, including Russia.
Suffragette tells the story of working wife and mother Maud (Mulligan) and how she becomes a women's rights activist.
The cast also includes Helena Bonham Carter, Romola Garai, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Whishaw and Samuel West.
The film is directed by Sarah Gavron (Brick Lane) from a script by Abi Morgan (The Invisible Woman, The Hour, The Iron Lady, Shame, Brick Lane).
