The Chronology of Water is Kristen Stewart 's directorial debut. Presented in the Un Certain Regard selection at the Cannes Film Festival 2025 and due in French cinemas on October 15, 2025, this biographical drama adapts the autobiographical novel by Lidia Yuknavitch. Starring Imogen Poots, the film was also presented in competition at the Deauville American Film Festival 2025.
These first images reveal an intimate, tormented fresco of resilience, where literature and the quest for freedom become weapons against the wounds of childhood.
The Chronology of Water will be released in France on October 15, 2025.
Synopsis: Having grown up in an environment ravaged by violence and alcohol, young Lidia struggles to find her way. She manages to escape her family and enters university, where she finds refuge in literature. Little by little, words give her unexpected freedom...
Known worldwide for her roles in Twilight, Personal Shopper and Spencer, Kristen Stewart is stepping behind the camera with The Chronology of Water. The film is based on the autobiographical novel by Lidia Yuknavitch. The filmmaker offers a personal and radical take on the story, part intimate drama, part identity quest.
The lead role goes to Imogen Poots, who made her name in Green Room and Vivarium. The cast also includes Thora Birch, Jim Belushi, Tom Sturridge, Charles Carrick, Esme Creed-Miles and Kim Gordon. The diversity of the cast underlines Kristen Stewart's desire to offer a universal story, rooted in personal fractures but speaking to an international audience.
Selected for Un Certain Regard at Cannes and in competition at the Deauville Film Festival, The Chronology of Water is already attracting the attention of critics and arthouse film fans alike. The film's presence at these two prestigious events heightens the anticipation surrounding Kristen Stewart's first attempt behind the camera.
The Chronology of Water is a biographical drama adapted from the book by Lidia Yuknavitch, directed by Kristen Stewart and starring Imogen Poots. Between family violence, resilience and refuge in literature, the film explores a young woman's quest for freedom. After Cannes and Deauville, it will be released on October 15, 2025.
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