Kristen Stewart’s feature directorial debut The Chronology Of Water was greeted by a 6 1/2-minute ovation by an enthusiastic audience in Cannes.

Kristen Stewart's directorial debut "The Chronology of Water" premiered at Cannes Film Festival to a four-minute standing ovation on Friday night - and left many in the crowd wiping their eyes. Imogen Poots' knockout performance was certainly a highlight of Stewart's adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch's memoir of the same name,

Adapted from Lidia Yuknavitch’s acclaimed 2011 memoir of the same name, the film stars Imogen Poots, Thora Birch, Nick Cave's son Earl Cave and Sonic Youth bassist Kim Gordon.