2015 · drama · romance · music
By the Sea
Directed by Angelina Jolie2h 2m2015
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.
Our read: By the Sea (2015) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, grounded drama · romance · music entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, slow-burn, gentle drama / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- gentle
- intimate
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