" I ’m not alone in that . "
This clause talk about issue of forcible and intimate abuse .
Kristen Stewartis making her feature film directorial debut withThe Chronology of Water, and now she’s sharing the reason why she pursued this deeply personal project.
The movie is abiographical dramabased on thememoirof the same name by Lidia Yuknavitch. It follows an aspiring Olympic swimmer who flees her abusive home life thanks to a Texas scholarship, but later loses the scholarship due to an addiction. She eventually finds solace through writing and her journey of self-discovery, ultimately learning how to transform trauma into art. Kristen co-wrote the screenplay with Lidia’s husband, film producer Andy Mingo.
While promotingThe Chronology of Waterat the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival in France, Kristen sat down withBrut Indiato discuss this harrowing story about physical and sexual violence against women.
“Because being a woman is a really violent experience,” Kristenbegan saying, when asked why she wanted to tell this story. “Even if you don’t have the sort of extreme experience that we depict in the film, or that Lidia endured and came out of beautifully.”
“To be able to take really ugly things, metabolize them, process them, and put out something that you can live with…something that actually has joy — pain and pleasure, there’s a hairline fracture there. They’re so tied.”
“Women are — not to be dramatic, it’s just these are facts — we are secrets. We are walking secrets.” She then reflected on how she feels women are viewed in the world — “We wanna see you, we don’t wanna hear you. Don’t tell us how you feel; it makes us uncomfortable.” “The thing is,” Kristen continued, “we’re harboring a lot of violence all of the time, and it’s even in the imagery we consume.”
Kristen believes women, or as she described it, “anyone who is open and bleeding, which is 50 percent of the population,” will really resonate with the themes in the film because of a lot of the shared experiences women have dealt with as a collective.
“The stories we tell ourselves are very, very important, and finding your fellows, and being able to allow that story to evolve constantly, and that you can change every day, and that there’s not a fixed state…that’s what keeps us thriving, moving forward, everything.”
“I’m not alone in that. That’s how we stay alive.”
I love how passionately she speaks of this project and everyone involved in it. You can watch Kristen’s full Brut India interview below:
If you or someone you know is in quick danger as a solution of domestic violence , call 911 . For anonymous , secret help , you’re able to call the 24/7National Domestic Violence Hotlineat 1 - 800 - 799 - 7233 ( SAFE ) or chat with an pleader via the internet site .
If you or someone you have sex has experienced sexual violation , you’re able to call theNational Sexual Assault Hotlineat 1 - 800 - 656 - Leslie Townes Hope ( 4673 ) , which routes the caller to their nearest intimate assault service provider . you could also look for your local centerhere .
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