16 may 2025 Kirsten Dunst to star in Flora Birnbaum’s debut feature ‘Self Help’

Kirsten Dunst is set to star in Flora Birnbaum’s debut feature film Self Help about a woman who witnesses a hit-and-run and gets sucked into a far-reaching conspiracy. The film is produced by Gloria Sanchez Productions.

mk2 Films has boarded for international sales with UTA Independent Film Group and WME Independent representing North America.

Dunst plays a woman lost in Los Angeles and struggling in life who ends up playing detective after witnessing the hit-and-run and finds herself caught between a shady real estate tycoon and a dubious wannabe actor.

Birnbaum is a 2017 Sundance New Voices Fellow whose recent credits include Tell Me Lies, American Crime Story: Impeachment and Russian Doll.

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