The last time Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Pitt sparred on screen, it was as married assassins in Mr. And Mrs. Smith. Don’t expect many explosions in their latest joint venture, unless you mean of the emotional kind. Here’s the teaser trailer for By The Sea.
Written and directed by Jolie Pitt, this is much more of an intimate drama, a throwback to 1970s films set in the era itself, and finds Vanessa (Jolie Pitt), a former dancer, and her husband Roland, an American writer, travelling the French countryside 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. Obviously there are issues to be worked out here, and from the looks of this, there will be tears, if not blood.
The tone is clear in this one, with Jolie Pitt spotlighting the couple’s interaction and just a glimpse in this initial peek at the film of supporting characters played by Mélanie Laurent, Melvil Poupaud, Niels Arestrup and Richard Bohringer. By The Sea arrives in the US this November before making it to UK shores on December 11.