Feature film - US, F, LETT, GB 2025 - 127' - OmU

Director: Kristen Stewart

Kristen Stewart is without question one of the most daring and best actresses of her generation; the expectations for her directorial debut were correspondingly high. And she does not disappoint! Her adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch's novel of the same name is more than just great acting. She stages the story of a young woman, who first pushes away her experiences of abuse with sport, then with sex and drugs and only learns to face her demons as an author, as a radically subjective experience. She literally crawls into the consciousness of her protagonist on film.

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