'Sexual' to close Raindance fest

World Brief

By ARCHIE THOMAS

Ed Blum directorial debut "Scenes of a Sexual Nature," which stars Ewan McGregor, Sophie Okonedo and Hugh Bonneville, will world preem as the closing night film at the Raindance Film Festival, the U.K.'s premier celebration of indie cinema.

The low-budget comedy, penned by Aschlin Ditta, explores the "fantasy and reality" of seven couples' relationships during one afternoon on Hampstead Heath, north London.

After the pic's Oct. 8 Raindance bow, it goes wide in the U.K. on 40 prints on Nov 3. "Brothers of the Head" opens Raindance on Sept. 27.