In five acts, Kristen Stewart tells the story of Lidia's life and the transitions between drowning and surfacing, between body and consciousness. The 16mm camera stays close to her, following every tremor. Fragments of sound, light, and language create a cinematic pulse that transforms the chaos of Lidia's life into a tentative search and makes closeness a physical experience.

Kristen Stewart surprises—and convinces. With The Chronology of Water, she presents her eagerly awaited directorial debut, a radical, visually powerful adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch's cult memoir. Instead of playing it safe and shooting a classic biopic, Stewart tells the story in a highly idiosyncratic and unconventional way. Her staging is uncompromising – raw, physical, poetic. The film tells a story of trauma, self-discovery and creativity, establishing Stewart in one fell swoop as one of the most exciting new directors in arthouse cinema.

Some movies are shot, this one was directed. – IndieWire

This is the beautie of what movies can do. – Variety