# By the Sea (2015)

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**Runtime**: 122 min
**Genres**: Drama, Romance
**Directed by**: Angelina Jolie
**Written by**: Angelina Jolie
**Starring**: Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Melvil Poupaud, Niels Arestrup, Richard Bohringer

> *When we die on the inside, the outside is left wandering dangerously by the sea.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A marriage plot set against the French coast, because nothing says passion like existential drift in 16mm.  
An American writer and his dancer wife settle into a sleepy seaside hotel, watching their silence accumulate like tide lines.  
It’s less about what happens and more about how long you can stare at Brad Pitt’s brooding profile before craving a real conversation.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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