16-05-2025
Cannes to premiere Kristen Stewart's directorial debut based on Oregon author's memoir
PORTLAND, Ore. () — Kristen Stewart's directorial debut, based on an Oregon author's acclaimed memoir, will premiere at Festival De Cannes later this week.
the Academy-Award-nominated actress is slated to headline , alongside musician Kim Gordon, as part of the international film festival on Friday. Both the organization and its annual gala aim to boost gender equality in the film industry. The event will also serve as Stewart's opportunity to discuss 'The Chronology of Water' just ahead of its debut.
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The movie centers on Lidia Yuknavitch's autobiographical book of the same name. The memoir follows the swimmer's journey from Texas to the Pacific Northwest 'to escape an abusive father and an alcoholic, suicidal mother,' according to Hawthorne Books — the Portland-based company that published the memoir.
'After losing her scholarship to drugs and alcohol, Lidia moves to Eugene and enrolls in the University of Oregon, where she is accepted by Ken Kesey to become one of thirteen graduate students who collaboratively write the novel Caverns with him,' Hawthorne Books . 'Drugs and alcohol continue to flow along with bisexual promiscuity and the discovery of S&M helps ease Lidia's demons.'
The company said the book goes on to explain how Yuknavitch's career, as well as her husband and son, have replaced 'the earlier chaos that was her life.' In 2012, the memoir earned the Oregon Book Award for Readers' Choice. It is now getting the Cannes treatment, with the new film that will star Imogen Poots of 'Green Room.'
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First-time director she traveled to Portland to ask for Yuknavitch's permission to produce a movie based on her work. She later struggled to get funding for the project, but was ultimately able to film it in Latvia and Malta in less than two months.
Previous Cannes features, like 'Parasite' and 'Anora,' have gone on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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