By the Sea (2015) on Netflix
A former dancer, Vanessa, and Roland, an American writer, take a suite at a hotel on the French coast. He drinks with Michel, while she finds a hole in their wall.
- Netflix2.8/5
- IMDb5.3/1023,861 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes35%
Trailer
Plot summary
At a hotel in a French seaside town, Vanessa and her husband Roland rent a suite there for a vacation. Roland is an American writer with a stalled book, and he hopes the stay will give him inspiration. The two barely speak to each other. Vanessa is withdrawn and grieving, Roland drinks in a bar where Michel, the man who runs it, becomes a friend. In the wall of their suite, an old radiator pipe has left a hole through to the apartment next door, and Vanessa uses it to watch the newlyweds Lea and François, who have just arrived.
Cast
- Aldo Buontempoas Fisherman
- George Camillerias Georges the Waiter
- Philippe Martinetas Maitre D'
- Francis Xuerebas Hotel Receptionist
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about By the Sea (2015)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Angelina Jolie said the film "at its core, is about grief", noting that the loss of her mother in 2007 caused her great sadness, and that the movie resembles the 1960s and '70s films her mother loved.
- By the Sea was the first cinematic collaboration between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt since Mr. & Mrs. Smith in 2005.
