By the Sea

• Drama
• Romance

A quietly devastating drama unfolds along the French coast in the 1970s, observing a marriage fraying under the weight of unspoken grief and individual melancholies. Vanessa and Roland, a couple seemingly adrift, find themselves not enveloped by the idyllic seaside setting, but confronted by the stark realities of their emotional distance. Their tentative connection with the town’s inhabitants offers fleeting moments of warmth, yet serves primarily to highlight the chasm growing between them—a space filled with passive aggression and submerged longing. The film’s slow pace and deliberate framing capture a pervasive sense of unhappiness and the isolating nature of unresolved trauma, refusing conventional romantic resolutions in favor of an unflinching portrayal of a relationship’s quiet implosion. It’s a study in the complexities of shared history and the desperate, often futile, attempts to rekindle intimacy when burdened by personal demons.