kristin stewart is absolutely brilliant in olivier assayas‘s film.al and material world. it is literally a search for the afterlife and a search for a nice pair of shoes. so she spends her life going round choosing her wardrobe. however, she is also bereaved, having lost a brother, and she's trying to make contact with her brother because she was a medium. here's a clip. you're staying here to mourn? i'm waiting. i told you i was waiting. what are you waiting for? we made this oath. whoever died first would send the other a sign. asign... from the afterlife? you could call it that, you could call it a million things. how do you know if it is a sign? i'm a medium. he was a medium. i'lljust know it. so, it's a really intriguing set—up. at the beginning, it looks like being a really creepy ghost story, has her walking around the house, attempting to contact her brother. then, she starts getting text messages, and it's almost brother, another spirit, a real—life stalker, they are somehow subconscious. the texts are asking, what are you afraid of and asha