By the Sea" movie was a personal movie for Angelina Jolie

By the Sea" movie was a personal movie for Angelina Jolie because she was inspired by the grief of losing her mother in 2007.

She explained, "When you write something from a blank page, it's very hard to say, 'This is important,' because you don't know: It's your own life. It's your own depression. It's your own questions about your mother. Grief. Where to put your pain".

"For me, it was important to try to do it. And it was important to try to do it for my mother. It was important for myself. And it was wonderful to work with Brad, and for us to be able to get through it together, because we tested ourselves to see if we could do something like this together."

By the Sea is a slow, quiet drama about a wealthy American couple vacationing on the French seaside. Roland (Pitt) plans to write while there but mostly spends his time drinking. Vanessa (Jolie Pitt) hopes to relax, yet instead becomes withdrawn and reliant on pills. The two largely avoid each other, and their relationship is clearly strained. Their dynamic begins to shift when they befriend—and secretly observe—a newlywed couple on their honeymoon.