After years of performing, Kristen Stewart has taken to directing, and her directorial debut has a near-perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Stewart’s The Chronology of Water presently has a 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Tailored from Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir from 2011, The Forge acquired home rights to the film throughout its world premiere on the Cannes Movie Pageant earlier this yr.
The Chronology of Water follows a aggressive swimmer who should confront her turbulent previous and traumatic upbringing by discovering solace in literature. Yuknavitch’s autobiography grew to become a bestseller and focuses on the journey to seek out your personal voice and the way trauma can remodel into artwork. The film stars Imogen Poots, Thora Birch, Jim Belushi, and Tom Sturridge.
The Forge will launch the film theatrically in North America later this yr, however goals for a wider launch by early January. The CEO of The Forge, Mark Mathias Sayre, spoke extremely of Stewart’s imaginative and prescient and said she “hasn’t simply directed a movie, she’s carved out a world with unmistakable imaginative and prescient: one which pulses with ache, want, and defiance.”
Stewart labored on The Chronology of Water for eight years, and Sayre stays optimistic concerning the film, stating, “The Chronology of Water is not like something we’ve ever launched: visceral, expansive, and anchored by a efficiency from Imogen Poots that wrecks and rebuilds you.”
Stewart is understood for her performing profession, which gained prominence after her portrayal of Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga. She has been targeted on extra impartial movies, however has a well-established portfolio, together with roles in Love Lies Bleeding, Charlie’s Angels, and Adventureland.
Poots can also be a well-established star recognized for her roles in 28 Weeks Later, Inexperienced Room, and Filth. The actress can also be slated for a job within the upcoming A24 film October, directed by Jeremy Saulnier, and starring alongside Stephen Root, James Badge Dale, and Chase Sui Wonders.
Early critiques of The Chronology of Water have praised Poots’ portrayal of the lead position, and her efficiency has been described as Stewart’s “best asset”. Whereas others reward Stewart for her route because it’s “direct, fragmented, and visceral.”