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Kristen Stewart’s Directorial Debut ‘The Chronology of Water,’ An Unflinching Portrait of Abuse and Addiction, Earns 4-Minute Cannes Ovation


Kristen Stewart's years-in-the-making feature directorial debut "The Chronology of Water" has finally been unveiled at the Cannes Film Festival.

Kristen Stewart ’s directorial debut “ The Chronology of Water ” premiered at Cannes Film Festival to a four-minute standing ovation on Friday night — and left many in the crowd wiping their eyes. The long-in-the-works passion project world premiered in the festival’s Un Certain Regard sidebar, which this year also features debuts from fellow actors such as Scarlett Johansson (“Eleanor the Great”) and Harris Dickinson (“Urchin”). Imogen Poots stars as the writer in Stewart’s non-linear take on her life, which includes glimpses of Yuknavitch’s earliest childhood memories growing up in the Pacific Northwest, her career highs and lows and her toxic relationships.

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