""It's strange we didn't know each other before the film," says Imogen Poots of Kristen Stewart. "We keep saying to each other that it's kind of an odd, kismet occurrence." British-born Poots is the mesmerising lead - and lodestar - in Stewart's critically acclaimed directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, an adaptation of author Lidia Yuknavitch's unflinching, impressionistic rendering of an early life shaped by competitive swimming and abuse."
"Playing a character who is often "too much", Poots in person is just right, charming, wry and passionate about what is obviously a labour of love. Wearing a black lace dress, mermaid-blonde hair loose, the actor is visibly delighted to be talking about the film, as well as her director and - it is fair to say - kindred spirit."
Imogen Poots stars as a damaged young woman in The Chronology of Water, delivering a career-best, monumental performance that anchors Kristen Stewart's directorial debut. Stewart transforms impressionistic material about an early life shaped by competitive swimming and abuse into a gorgeous collage of spoken word and sensorial memory. The film balances raw depictions of trauma with lyrical visual experimentation, grounded by Poots' fully embodied central portrayal. Poots and Stewart experienced their collaboration as a strange, kismet occurrence that fostered deep creative chemistry. The film signals a bold directorial voice for Stewart and a new high point in Poots' filmography, drawing generational comparisons to Girl, Interrupted.
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