The Chronology of Water
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“How many miles does it take to swim to a self”
Overview
Adapted from the memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch, Kirsten Stewart's directorial debut The Chronology of Water is a searing, evocative portrait of a young woman struggling to forge a new identity. High-school swimming champion Lidia (an astonishing Imogen Poots) receives a college scholarship, but her dissolute lifestyle of drugs and sex—coping mechanisms for a troubled upbringing—sees her lose everything, only to find a potential new path through literature.
”Manages the impossible”
“Imogen Poots’s fantastically expressive performance transforms this movie”
”A boisterous spectacle of the female experience directed with pure love and sincerity“
Why You Should See This Film
Told asynchronously, The Chronology of Water depicts the messiness and pain of a life marked by abuse, but manages to avoid feeling maudlin or exploitative. Stewart's taut direction and keen sense of rhythm is matched by Poots, who channels her natural charisma to radiate hunger and anger in what may be a career-best performance.
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