By the Sea Page #2

Synopsis: Set in France during the mid-1970s, Vanessa, a former dancer, and her husband Roland, an American writer, 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 and a hotel owner.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Angelina Jolie
Production: Universal Pictures
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.3
Metacritic:
44
Rotten Tomatoes:
34%
R
Year:
2015
122 min
$319,968
Website
1,277 Views


go for a walk, get a drink.

- I don't know how to play cards.

- I can teach you.

Okay.

5:
00?

- 8:
00.

- 8:
00.

Have a nice day. Bye.

(WATER SPLASHING)

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

- Hi.

- Come in.

- Thank you.

- Sit down.

(DOOR CLOSES)

- Pretty dress.

- Oh, thank you.

- You should put your hair up.

- Oh...

It's funny, my...

my husband always say that.

- He's right.

- (CHUCKLES)

So, do you know La Belote?

La Belote, the game is to get

the highest number of points.

So let's say...

I move everything here. How many?

- VANESSA:
Um, is it?

- LEA:
Yeah, yeah, you can do that.

- VANESSA:
More wine?

- LEA:
Four? Damn.

- You won again.

- (CHUCKLES) 11.

- Okay. 10, king.

- VANESSA:
I'll take it.

Hi.

- Hi.

- VANESSA:
Belote.

- LEA:
Aw! Come on.

- Rebelote.

So unfair. (CHUCKLES)

Hey. We haven't properly met.

I see you at the caf often. I'm Lea.

- Nice to meet you. I'm Roland.

- Hi.

Would you like a drink?

Sure.

LEA:
So unfair.

Do you wanna join us?

Okay.

And don't tell me

you don't play cards, too.

Your wife told me that,

and then she's won every hand.

- Well, she's a natural.

- Yeah. (CHUCKLES)

Oh, we can't play La Belote.

It's not working if we are three.

We have to change the game.

Let's play...

- La Bataille?

- Yes.

- Mmm.

- LEA:
Easy.

What was that about?

What do you mean?

Nessa...

Are you trying to push her on me?

Am I wrong to think

you're trying to destroy us?

I'm gonna take a shower.

(SHOWER RUNNING)

- Jesus! What are you doing?

- Tonight, I'm having a shower with my wife.

No. No.

- No.

- Enough. It's gotta stop.

- It's all right. It's all right.

- No, I can't... It's just...

- Vanessa, enough.

- Please.

- Stop! Stop!

- No.

Stop it! Stop!

- Enough!

- Please.

I'm your husband.

I can't.

At some point

you're gonna stop acting like this.

(CONVERSING IN FRENCH)

ROLAND:
Merci.

ROLAND:
Are we ever gonna talk about it?

(VANESSA LAUGHING)

ROLAND:
Nessa?

Do you hate me? Do you hate me?

Stop!

Just stop!

You resist happiness.

Nessa?

Ness?

(SIGHS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

(EXHALES)

(CONVERSING IN FRENCH)

(BOTH LAUGHING)

(DOOR OPENS)

You're smiling.

(BREATHING SHAKILY)

Now my outsides match my insides.

(MOANS SADLY)

Stay.

Stay.

(DOOR CLOSES)

ROLAND:
Good morning.

We were out of coffee.

Why you looking at me like that?

Just looking.

(FRANOIS STRUMMING GUITAR)

(CONVERSING IN FRENCH)

(FRANOIS PLAYING ROCK MUSIC)

(CAMERA CLICKING)

(STOPS PLAYING)

(LEA LAUGHS)

- (HEART BEATING)

- (LEA MOANS)

(EXHALES)

Hello.

Hello.

Did you go on your trip?

Your wife said you went on a trip.

It was okay.

But I prefer to stay here.

I grew up in a place like this,

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Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and has been cited as Hollywood's highest-paid actress. more…

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