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By the Sea

  • 20152015
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  • 2h 2m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
22K
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in By the Sea (2015)
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/cafe-keeper and a hotel owner.
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A couple tries to repair their marriage while staying at a hotel in France.A couple tries to repair their marriage while staying at a hotel in France.A couple tries to repair their marriage while staying at a hotel in France.
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
22K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Angelina Jolie
  • Writer
    • Angelina Jolie
  • Stars
    • Brad Pitt
    • Angelina Jolie
    • Mélanie Laurent
  • Director
    • Angelina Jolie
  • Writer
    • Angelina Jolie
  • Stars
    • Brad Pitt
    • Angelina Jolie
    • Mélanie Laurent
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    • 150User reviews
    • 144Critic reviews
    • 44Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    By the Sea
    Featurette 1:58
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    By The Sea: A Look Inside (Featurette)
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    By The Sea: A Look Inside Featurette (Australia)
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    By The Sea: Roland Featurette (Australia)
    Featurette 1:29
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    By The Sea: Vanessa Featurette (Australia)
    Featurette 1:08
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    By The Sea: Gimme Shelter (Featurette)
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    Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in By the Sea (2015)
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    Angelina Jolie at an event for By the Sea (2015)
    Mélanie Laurent at an event for By the Sea (2015)
    Mélanie Laurent at an event for By the Sea (2015)
    Mélanie Laurent at an event for By the Sea (2015)
    Mélanie Laurent at an event for By the Sea (2015)
    Angelina Jolie and Donna Langley at an event for By the Sea (2015)
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    Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at an event for By the Sea (2015)

    Top cast

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    Brad Pitt
    Brad Pitt
    • Roland
    Angelina Jolie
    Angelina Jolie
    • Vanessa
    • (as Angelina Jolie Pitt)
    Mélanie Laurent
    Mélanie Laurent
    • Lea
    Melvil Poupaud
    Melvil Poupaud
    • François
    Niels Arestrup
    Niels Arestrup
    • Michel
    Richard Bohringer
    Richard Bohringer
    • Patrice
    Marika Green
    • Dress Shop Saleswoman
    Sarah Naudi
    Sarah Naudi
    • Grocery Clerk
    Aldo Buontempo
    • Fisherman
    Philippe Martinet
    • Maitre D'
    Francis Xuereb
    • Hotel Receptionist
    Malcolm Beethans
    • Older Couple
    Kathleen Beethans
    • Older Couple
    Bjorn Kubin
    • Fancy Couple at Café
    Penny Dix
    • Fancy Couple at Café
    George Camilleri
    • Waiter in Café
    Arcadia Vodka
    • Café Cat
    Indi Marceau Coppola
    • Child in Hotel
    • Director
      • Angelina Jolie
    • Writer
      • Angelina Jolie
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Director and writer Angelina Jolie about the period setting: "I chose to set By the Sea (2015) in the 1970s, not only because it is a colorful and alluring era, but because it removes many of the distractions of contemporary life and allows the focus to remain squarely on the emotions that the characters experience in their journey."
    • Goofs
      When the couple arrive they carry in lots and lots of luggage and yet they drove a car with a small trunk.
    • Quotes

      Bar Keeper: If you really love someone, you want more for them than you want for yourself. Do you understand?

    • Crazy credits
      The film opens with the early 1970's Universal Pictures logo.
    • Connections
      Featured in Evening Urgant: Alexander Malinin (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Jane B
      Music by Serge Gainsbourg

      Lyrics by Serge Gainsbourg

      Performed by Jane Birkin

      Courtesy of Mercury Records France

      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

    User reviews150

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    Beware of making a movie with your spouse - especially if one is playing the spouse
    Located in a remote resort in France (but shot on Gozo in Malta), this story is located in the 1970s, so no computers or smartphones and lots of smoking and drinking plus a veteran sport car.

    The focus is almost exclusively on a married couple who clearly have a very strained relationship for a reason which is only explained - and then too briefly - at the very end. The pacing is languid, even soporific, and there is only one person to blame: Angelina Jolie who wrote, directed and stars as an unsympathetic character.

    Her co-star as husband is her real-life partner at the time Brad Pitt. Sadly this film seems prophetic since Jolie and Pitt split up soon afterwards and both the movie and its afterward seem to echo "Eyes Wide Shut" with then husband and wife Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.
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    5
    • rogerdarlington
    • Dec 31, 2016

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 9, 2015 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Malta
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Ukrainian
    • Also known as
      • Bên Bờ Biển
    • Filming locations
      • Gozo Island, Malta
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Jolie Pas
      • Pellikola
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $10,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $538,460
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $96,250
      • Nov 15, 2015
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,334,927
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 2 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Surround 7.1
      • Datasat
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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