Synopsis : Brought up in an environment torn apart by violence and alcohol, Lidia Yuknavitch seemed destined for self-destruction and failure until words offered her unexpected freedom in the form of literature. The Chronology of Water, adapted from Yuknavitch’s autobiographical bestseller, follows Lidia’s journey to find her own voice in an exploration of how trauma can be transformed into art through re-possessing our own bloody histories, particularly those uniquely experienced by the bodies of women and girls.
Festival History : Cannes Film Festival
Director :
Kristen Stewart
Producer :
Michael Pruss, Rebecca Feuer
Screenplay :
Kristen Stewart
DOP :
Corey C. Waters
Editor :
Olivia Neergaard-Holm
Cast :
Imogen Poots, Thora Birch, Jim Belushi, Charles Carrick, Tom Sturridge, Susanna Flood, Esme Creed Miles, Kim Gordon, Michael Epp
Kristen Stewart is an Academy Award nominated actress for her portrayal of Princess Diana in the Pablo Larrain directed Spencer. Stewart won 22 critic awards for her performance as well as a Best Actress nomination for the Critic’s Choice Awards and the Golden Globe Awards. In 2015, she became the first American actress to be awarded a Cesar Award in the Best Supporting Actress category for her role in Olivier Assayas’ Clouds of Sils Maria, in which she starred alongside Juliette Binoche. She received several other accolades for Clouds of Sils Maria including the Best Supporting Actress prize for: NYFCC, BSFC, BOFCA, and NSFC. Chronology of Water is her debut feature as a filmmaker.