Hoping to escape an abusive household, Lidia enrols in a Texas college on a swimming scholarship with an eye towards the Olympics. Her hopes of a swimming career are dashed when she loses her scholarship due to alcohol and drug use. She later enrols at the University of Oregon and is one of the few students selected to work with the illustrious writer Ken Kesey on his collaborative novel. Lidia finds her voice through the written word, starting a new life and ultimately becoming a singular modern writer.
"The book is not about the things that happened to her, but about how she processes those things, and about how art can save you. It’s a faithful adaptation, but it is not the same experience. The movie had to have a life in order for it to have its own memory. It couldn’t be exacting, controlled. My hands and my fingerprints are all over it, but I’m not strangling the movie, because the movie had such volition, it had such its own life, that it was telling me what it wanted every day." (Kristen Stewart)
Kristen Stewart
Born in 1990 in Los Angeles (USA). She began her career as a teenage actress in well-known films such as Panic Room (2002) and Into the Wild (2007). Gaining international fame with the leading role in the Twilight franchise (2008–2012), she has since regularly appeared in films by prominent directors. The Chronology of Water is her directorial feature debut.