First Look: Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt In ‘By The Sea’

It looks like there are now two Angelina Jolie Oscar campaigns we have to think about.  There’s her WWII survivor story “Unbroken” coming in December, but the actress/director/screenwriter is already at work on her next movie “By The Sea,” co-starring new husband Brad Pitt. And after only a week of shooting, the first images have arrived. And even more, there are some plot details as well. Here’s the synopsis via EW: 

Set in France during the mid-1970s, Jolie plays Vanessa, a former dancer, and Pitt is her husband Roland, an American writer. As they 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 (War Horse and A Prophet‘s Niels Arestrup, pictured below) and hotel owner (Richard Bohringer, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover.)

“I chose to set ‘By the Sea’ 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,” Jolie explained to the magazine about her approach to the story.

So gorgeous people, in a gorgeous setting, gorgeously exploring their feelings? No confirmed release date yet, but it’s probably a safe bet “By The Sea” will arrive next year in time for awards consideration.