The Chronology of Water (2025)
Genre: Biography / Drama
Duration: 128 minuten
Country:
United States / France / Latvia
Directed by: Kristen Stewart
Stars: Imogen Poots, Thora Birch and Jim Belushi
IMDb score:
6,4 (3.951)
Releasedate: 16 May 2025
The Chronology of Water plot
Swimmer and Olympic hopeful Lidia Yuknavitch gets a scholarship in Texas and escapes her aggressive father and alcoholic mother. Her tendency towards alcohol and drugs costs her her scholarship, after which she tries her luck in Oregon. Drugs and alcohol remain a common thread in her life in which she has to deal with her bisexuality. Over the years, the general chaos in her existence makes way for a career as an author and teacher and the love for her husband and son.
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mrklm
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- 12404 messages
- 10481 votes
A truckload of misery rolls through the pages of this pretentious psychological drama about Lidia (Imogen Poots), who briefly escapes her miserable life (with a not-so-nice dad [Michael Epp] and an indifferent mother [Susannah Flood]) by taking a swim. This depressing portrait of a dead-end existence provides Stewart with an excuse to fire off all sorts of visual flourishes, in the style of Terrence Malick, while a voiceover narrates the protagonist's thoughts. The only relief from this tiresome stylistic exercise comes from Belushi as author Ken Kesey ("One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest," "Sometimes A Great Notion"), with whom Lidia takes a writing course.
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Drulko Vlaschjan
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- 510 messages
- 443 votes
Low scores, I must say. I thought it was one of the best films I've seen in recent years. Yes, it's a lot of misery, but there's a lot of development within that misery. It's not like one trauma permeates your entire life and determines everything.
It's also beautiful that characters come and go, as often happens in real life. In films that span such a long time, the characters often remain the same. Then the childhood sweetheart is also the one who sits at the deathbed.
Stylistically, I also thought it was all quite beautiful. You've certainly seen this kind of polished rawness before; it's not exactly original, but it fits the oppressive atmosphere well.
It's also nice that Kim Gordon has a bit part. I recently saw Asap Rocky in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. These days, musicians are making actors redundant.
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