Angelina Jolie wrapped production this fall on her third feature film By the Sea, an intimate account of a troubled marriage during the 1970s. Jolie stars with husband Brad Pitt as a married couple on a trip through France. In the film, the couple seems to be growing apart and begins to get very close to the inhabitants of one seaside town.
Actress Melanie Laurent plays one of those residents, speaking in both French and English in the film. Laurent is herself also an accomplished actress and director, having premiered her second film Breathe this year in Cannes. Based on the acclaimed YA novel by Anne-Sophie Brasme, Laurent deftly brought to the screen the possessive nature of teenage relationships.
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