Adapted from Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir about surviving childhood sexual abuse and finding an outlet for her pain in writing, the drama also features Thora Birch, Jim Belushi and Earl Cave.

Standing ovations aren't unusual at the Cannes Film Festival, but the six-minute-long one that greeted Kristen Stewart's directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, in the early hours of Saturday "didn't feel like a normal standing ovation,

Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut “The Chronology of Water” premiered at Cannes Film Festival to a just over four-minute standing ovation on Friday night — and left many in the crowd wiping their eyes.