Kristen Stewart is about to hit the red carpet like a cinematic wrecking ball, but first, hair.
The 35-year-old Oscar-nominated vampire-turned-artsy-icon made a pit stop at a fancy L.A. hair salon on Friday (May 9), presumably to get her locks Cannes-ready and make sure not a single strand dares to defy her directorial debut glow-up.
Kristen rolled up to the salon in peak “don’t talk to me unless you’re shampooing my scalp” fashion — rocking a white sports bra and matching white sweatpants. The look screamed “zen monk meets gym goth” and honestly? Icon behavior.
Why all the fuss? Well, Kristen’s not just showing up to Cannes for the free rosé and moody stares into the sea. She’s premiering The Chronology of Water, her big directorial debut, and it’s already sounding like a cinematic gut punch — in a good way.
According to the official Cannes website (aka the holy scrolls of film snobbery):
“Brought up in an environment torn apart by violence and alcohol, Lidia Yuknavitch seemed destined for self-destruction and failure until words offered her unexpected freedom in the form of literature.”
So basically, it’s an emotional rollercoaster, but like, the kind that also makes you want to journal about your trauma afterward. The film is based on Lidia Yuknavitch’s raw, brutally honest memoir, and Kristen said, “Yes, let’s turn emotional wounds into cinematic gold.”
Starring Imogen Poots (the queen of indie cinema names) and Thora Birch (yes, that Thora Birch from your ‘90s childhood nightmares), the film dives deep into how women can reclaim their stories and flip trauma into something powerful. So, like therapy, but French.
Catch Kristen taking over the South of France from May 13 to May 24 at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. Until then, we’ll be over here wondering what deep metaphor her new haircut represents.
Spoiler: It’s probably “Don’t mess with me, I make trauma art now.”
