By the Sea (2015)

★ 5.5 2h 2m 622 votes IMDb

Set in France during the mid-1970s, Vanessa, a former dancer, and her husband Roland, an American writer, travel the country together. They seem to be growing apart, but when they linger in one quiet, seaside town they begin to draw close to some of its more vibrant inhabitants, such as a local bar/café-keeper and a hotel owner.

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Cast

Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie as Vanessa Age 50 · Los Angeles, California, USA Angelina Jolie (/dʒoʊˈliː/ joh-LEE; born Angelina Jolie Voight, /ˈvɔɪt/, June 4, 1975) is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. The recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Aw...
Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt as Roland Age 62 · Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. In a film career spanning more than thirty years, Pitt has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awar...
Mélanie Laurent
Mélanie Laurent as Lea Age 43 · Paris, France Mélanie Laurent (French pronunciation: [melani loʁɑ̃]; born 21 February 1983) is a French actress and filmmaker. She is an accomplished actress in the French film industry and the recipient of two Cés...
Melvil Poupaud
Melvil Poupaud as François Age 53 · Paris, France Melvil Poupaud (born 26 January 1973) is a French actor, author and filmmaker. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melvil Poupaud, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikip...
Niels Arestrup
Niels Arestrup as Michel Died 2024 · Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France Niels Arestrup was a French actor, film director and screenwriter. His father was Danish and his mother was French. He has won two César Awards for Best Supporting Actor for De battre mon cœur s'est a...
Richard Bohringer
Richard Bohringer as Patrice Age 84 · Moulins, Allier, France Richard Bohringer is a French actor, singer, writer, and film director. He is the father of actresses Romane Bohringer and Lou Bohringer. Bohringer was born in Moulins, Allier, France, to a French mo...

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Reno 6/10 Sep 29, 2016
**A vacation, an inspiration for the writing and a complete makeover.**

The fourth directional venture for Angelina Jolie, she also wrote it and her real life husband, Brad Pitt starred the screenspace with her in the lead character. This is a tale of a struggling writer who goes to a French seaside resort for an inspiration to write a new material. He takes his wife along and in the peaceful environment, seems they're doing well, until a newly married couple arrive for their honeymoon in their next door. All the complication surface and the old secrets are revealed, so that's how the film sets up and ends.

I don't know what's with Jolie lately, she's not doing many films as she was before. Maybe her parenting commitment took over her acting career. Good to see her back, but seeing this film and its story, I feel she's really suffering that I don't know what it is. Some day in the near future if someone makes a film about her, that will reveal this time of her life. Anyway, they both looked great on the screen, but very sad they are parting away.

This is not some awesome story with twist and turns, just a straightforward drama, mostly the midlife crises in a married life. So here the performances were top notch, other than that is the beautiful locations. It's a two hour long film, not everybody feel comfortable with that, because the pace was very slow and the story is not that interesting. Particularly this film is not for the youngsters, but that does not mean all the grown-up would enjoy it either. Only some people find it better and for me this is an okay film.

_6/10_

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