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The Chronology of Water
Based on writer and educator Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoirs, Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut is an uncompromising depiction of love, trauma and artistic self-expression.
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Credits
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Director-screenwriter
Kristen Stewart
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With
Imogen Poots, Jim Belushi, Thora Birch
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USA-France-Latvia 2025. 128min
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Courtesy of
Les Films du Losange
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Language
English
- Certificate
LFF18
Introduction
A journey through the sensuous and the sensual, Stewart’s film chronicles Yuknavitch’s life as she experiences and processes childhood abuse, first love, addiction and grief. Led by a raw and magnetic performance from Imogen Poots, The Chronology of Water confirms Stewart as one of this generation’s great talents – both in front of the camera and behind it.
Grace Barber-Plentie
Content warning
Contains flashing images.
Contains scenes of drug use, infant death, and sexual violence.
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