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Kirsten Dunst is showing her short film Bastard on the closing night of the Cannes Film Festival on 20 May.

Bastard, Dunst's sophomore directorial effort, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April and stars Brian Geraghty (The Hurt Locker) and Lukas Haas in a six minute piece about a young couple in crisis that find their way to a seedy motel.

In her official director's statement, Kirsten writes:
This film explores what makes the unbelievable believable. When we hear a story that seems mysterious or far-fetched, we put more trust in its accuracy the longer ago it took place. As the centuries pass, the truth becomes more malleable. We grow less skeptical of what we might otherwise dismiss as incredible. Our perspective changes. This film addresses the eerie transformation of a familiar myth when displaced to the present.

Based on that minimal synopsis (that smells disturbingly like motel mass murder) and her first foray into short filmmaking Welcome, it's obvious Kirsten's got a thing for the macabre.

Here's a look at Welcome - her 2007 directorial debut starring Winona Ryder, supposedly based on a true story.

 
 
Posted on May 18, 2010 at 7:09pm by Suz.
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Bec - May 18, 2010 at 09:45pm
well, after watching that clip i definitely wont be sleeping tonight...  
Jason - May 23, 2010 at 09:58pm
Never mind, take it easy Bec. The clip is terrific really I confess. Kirsten Dunst is great. Love her. 

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