The powerful directorial debut of Oscar nominated actress Kristen Stewart (Love Lies Bleeding, Spencer, Twilight), The Chronology of Water is set to stun and captivate Australian audiences from August 20.
“Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut is a stirring drama told with poetic passion.”
Owen Gleiberman, Variety
“…a poetry-slam of pain and autobiographical outrage, recounting a writer’s journey towards recovering the raw material of experience to be sifted and recycled into literary success.” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
“The Chronology of Water is the best kind of sensory overload, and a stunning statement piece from the prodigiously gifted Kristen Stewart.”
Erin Free, FilmInk
“I first encountered Lidia Yuknavitch’s The Chronology of Water on my Kindle in 2017, and from the very first page I felt its electric current — this jagged, nonlinear journey through trauma and memory was unlike anything I’d ever read,” says Kristen Stewart.
Brought up in an environment torn apart by violence, abuse, alcohol and extreme trauma, Lidia Yuknavitch was on a clearly defined one-way road to self-destruction and failure until the transformative power of words offered her an unexpected sense freedom and an opportunity for dramatic course correction 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.
Produced by Ridley Scott, and boasting a powerhouse, achingly vulnerable central performance from Imogen Poots as Lidia Yuknavitch, with stellar support from Earl Cave, Tom Sturridge, Thora Birch, Charlie Carrick, Kim Gordon and a scene-stealing Jim Belushi as legendary American novelist and counterculture figurehead Ken Kesey (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), The Chronology of Water is a biopic unlike any you’ve ever seen before. Inspiring a staggering seven-minute standing ovation at its Cannes Film Festival premiere, The Chronology of Water is now set to thrill Australian audiences in August.
Stewart adds: “I wanted this movie to feel like a game of hot potato. Too hot to touch. I wanted a film that pulses with immediacy, and to remind every person in the theatre that your narrative is yours to rewrite. My hope is that audiences leave understanding that reclaiming your voice – through writing, through art, through simply telling your own story – is an act of radical power.”
The Chronology of Water will release nationally in Australian cinemas from August 20. To find your nearest screening, visit: https://screeninc.com.au/screeninc-films/the-chronology-of-water/
