Ruth (Melanie Lynskey, “Togetherness”) is struggling to exist in a world with so many selfish, entitled jerks in “I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore,” a Netflix original film that just made its world premiere at Sundance. In a newly released trailer for the dark comedy, Ruth is asked what she wants. The nursing assistant offers a simple answer: “For people to not be assholes.”

“Sometimes I feel like I’m underneath a whirlpool,” Ruth admits in the trailer. “Like I can’t even breathe.” Ruth is sickened by how people treat one another, and after her house is burglarized, she “discovers a renewed sense of purpose in tracking down the thieves,” the film’s official synopsis details. “Accompanied by her obnoxious martial-arts-enthusiast neighbor Tony (Elijah Wood), they soon find themselves dangerously out of their depth against a pack of degenerate criminals.”

“It’s weird for me when any person would say they’re not a feminist because, I mean, it just means equality,” Lynskey has said. Regarding the Sony hack, she observed, “It is really interesting to find out how female actresses who are bigger stars than the men they’re in movies with are being paid less, and female executives are being paid less than men who are doing the same job. How do you have Jennifer Lawrence in your movie and she’s not getting more than everybody?”

Lynskey delivered a standout performance in 2016’s “The Intervention,” playing an ambivalent bride-to-be with a drinking problem. The ensemble dramedy marked actress Clea DuVall’s directorial debut, and she wrote the part specifically for Lynskey, whose other credits include “Two and a Half Men,” “But I’m a Cheerleader,” and “Heavenly Creatures.”

Written and directed by Macon Blair (“The Monkey’s Paw”), “I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore” hits Netflix February 24.