Actress Kristen Stewart screened her directorial debut Thursday night at the Sundance Film Festival — a visceral short called “Come Swim” that held its water, but one easily upstaged by other entriesย from opening night.
Stewart served as both writer and director for the project, a look at a day in the life of a struggling young man (Josh Kaye).
With what he’s struggling is entirely unclear — a woman’s voice narrates most of the film, and longing glances at photographs on his wall lead us to believe she’s his long lost love.
There are also hints he might be tangling with addiction, as he lives in squalor, appears sickly and drinks gallons and gallons of bottled water, crunching and tossing the plastic containers like bones when he’s had his fill.