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MONEY
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Earned back only 6% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
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The Chronology of Water
"It takes many miles to swim to a self."
2025 2h 8m EN
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6.7
SOLID
★6.7TMDB · 98
Drama
Synopsis
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Plagued by an abusive childhood, a woman finds escape in competitive swimming, sexual experimentation, toxic relationships, and addiction before ultimately finding her voice through writing.
“It takes many miles to swim to a self.”
Cast
Imogen Poots
Lidia Yuknavitch
Thora Birch
Claudia
Jim Belushi
Ken Kesey
Tom Sturridge
Devin
Earl Cave
Philip
Michael Epp
Mike
Charlie Carrick
Andy Mingo
Susannah Flood
Dorothy
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Kristen Stewart
- Writers
- Kristen Stewart
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America, France, Latvia, Switzerland
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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ERA
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Released last year.
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WORLD
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International production across 4 countries: United States of America, France, Latvia, Switzerland.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Kristen Stewart, shot by Corey C. Waters. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Paris Hurley. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Olivia Neergaard-Holm shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Imogen Poots and Thora Birch and Jim Belushi carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "It takes many miles to swim to a self.".
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Kristen Stewart directs. Corey C. Waters behind the camera. Paris Hurley scores. Olivia Neergaard-Holm cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America, France, Latvia, Switzerland. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Earned back only 6% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
- 2Released last year.
- 3International production across 4 countries: United States of America, France, Latvia, Switzerland.
- 4Directed by Kristen Stewart, shot by Corey C. Waters. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Paris Hurley. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor Olivia Neergaard-Holm shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Imogen Poots and Thora Birch and Jim Belushi carry the top of the cast.
- 8Marketing tagline: "It takes many miles to swim to a self.".
- 9IMDB entry: tt8667404 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 10Only 98 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 11Classified under 20 themes, including "sexual abuse", "suicide attempt", "heroin", "abusive father".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Corey C. Waters
- Original score
- Paris Hurley
- Editing
- Olivia Neergaard-Holm
- Production design
- Jen Dunlap
- Costume design
- Liene Dobrāja
- Makeup / hair
- Emilija Eglite
- Sound
- Brent Kiser
- Stunt coordinator
- Stanislav Samuchov
- Runtime
- 128 min · 2h 8m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $7,000,000
- Box office
- $419,840
- Return
- 6% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
Also by
Kristen Stewart
Stills · wallpapers
Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Scott Free Productions
US
CG Cinéma
FR
Forma Pro Films
LV
Curious Gremlin
US
Fremantle
US
whiz movies
CH
Lorem Ipsum
US
Scala Films
FR
- NE
Nevermind
US
The Forge
Key crew
- ProducerMichael A. Pruss
- ProducerAndy Mingo
- NovelLidia Yuknavitch
- ProducerCharles Gillibert
- ProducerYulia Zayceva
- ProducerMax Pavlov
- ProducerSvetlana Punte
- ProducerKristen Stewart
- ProducerMaggie McLean
- ProducerDylan Meyer
- Executive ProducerScott Aharoni
- EditorOlivia Neergaard-Holm
- Production DesignJen Dunlap
- Art DirectionAksels Millers
- Set DecorationAija Skoromko
- Costume DesignLiene Dobrāja
- First Assistant DirectorSvetlana Punte
- Script SupervisorAnna Jurevica
- GafferEduards Stefanovics
- Stunt CoordinatorStanislav Samuchov
- Special Effects TechnicianJoe Calleja
- Special Effects TechnicianCharles Montebello
- Line ProducerMax Pavlov
- Executive ProducerSinan Eczacıbaşı
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- sexual abuse
- suicide attempt
- heroin
- abusive father
- swimmer
- writer
- based on memoir or autobiography
- divorce
- molestation
- lgbt
- alcoholic father
- child molestation
- flunking out of school
- childhood sexual abuse
- woman director
- father daughter conflict
- thoughtful
- provocative
- intense
- directorial debut
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2025-10-13· NewFest
- Premiere2025-10-10· Hamptons International Film Festival
- Premiere2025-11-04· Denver Film Festival
- Premiere2025-10-26· AFI Fest
- Premiere2025-10-31· SCAD Savannah Film Festival
- Premiere2025-11-15· Ojai Playhouse Film Festival
- Theatrical (limited)2025-12-05R· New York City, New York / Los Angeles, California
- Theatrical2026-01-09R
- Digital2026-04-14R
Also known as
International titles
- 水物语CN
- 流年似水CN
- 숨을 참던 나날KR
- Vandens chronologijaLT
