By the Sea

The action takes place in the 1970s. The couple arrives in a French seaside town and stays in a hotel room overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Roland is a writer who used to show promising hopes. Now he deals only with stories about who he is, and not with the case itself. His wife, Vanessa, is a dancer. She uses pills and has contempt for everything that comes her way. These two have been married for 14 years, but it only takes a few minutes of observation to wonder: how did they manage it? Everything changes when a young couple - Lea and Francois - moves into the next room. Read more For Angelina Jolie, this is not the first experience in the director's chair. The famous actress worked on the films "A Place in Time", "In the Land of Blood and Honey" and in 2014, a military drama with Jack O'Connell ("Milkmen", "300 Spartans", "71") and Donal Gleeson "Invincible" was released. The last film was nominated for an Oscar in three categories. In an interview, the director admitted why she chose the seventies for the film "By the Sea". Not only because it was an atmospheric time, but also because of the absence of many distracting components of modern life, which do not allow you to focus on the emotions of the characters. She also worked on the script of the tape herself. For Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, this will be the second film together after a ten-year break. Before that, they played a couple in the action comedy Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Chris Brigham acted as one of the producers of "By the Sea". He worked on such famous films as "The Aviator" by Martin Scorsese, "Island of the Damned" with Leonardo DiCaprio, "Inception" by Christopher Nolan, "Operation Argo" by Ben Affleck, "Noah" by Darren Aronofsky and others. Filming of the film "By the sea" took place on the island of Gozo, in Malta. Approximately from June to November 2014.