Rachel Griffiths, Essie Davis among female-heavy cast

CANNES -- Matthew Goode is playing rough with a bevy of beauties including Bojana Novakovic, Rachel Griffiths, Essie Davis, Kerry Fox, Kate Beahan and Gia Carides in writer-director Jonathan Teplitzky's "Burning Man."

Goode plays Tom, an English chef with a chic restaurant on Bondi Beach trying to put his life and his relationship with his son back on track while surrounded by women.

Produced by U.K. producer Andy Paterson and Teplitzky, the film shoots on location in Sydney, with backing from Screen Australia, Screen NSW, Standard Chartered Bank and the Australian Producer Offset.

Cedric Jeanson's New York-based Filmbox are handling international sales in Cannes, with Transmission taking all rights in Australia and New Zealand. Executive producers are Daria Jovicic, Jeanson and Sam Tromans.

Svensk has snapped it up for Scandinavia.