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Kristen Stewart reveals the incredibly X-rated meaning behind her latest tattoo at the Cannes Film Festival launch of her new movie


The American actress took centre stage at the annual ceremony with her directorial debut The Chronology Of Water, an ambitious musical-drama starring Imogen Poots and Thora Birch, on May 16.

(L-R) Thora Birch, Imogen Poots, Kristen Stewart and Kim Gordon attend a photo-call for new movie The Chronology Of Water at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 16 Stewart - who cast singer Nick Cave's son Earl as the swimmer's first husband and Sonic Youth rock band's Kim Gordon as a dominatrix - told reporters she was never really tempted to play Yuknavitch herself. She described her movie's fever-dream energy as "a pink muscle that is throbbing" and that Poots was able to tap into, channelling Yuknavitch's ferocious but often chaotic battle to rebuild herself and find pleasure and happiness in her life.

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