Loss of mom inspires Jolie’s new movie
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Hollywood power couple Angelina Jolie and husband Brad Pitt were all smiles at the world premiere of “By the Sea,” her latest directorial outing and their first on-screen pairing in a decade.
The much anticipated movie, which had its official opening at the American Film Institute festival late on Thursday, is an intimate drama about a married couple in the 1970s whose relationship is verging on collapse.
“We are so honored to be here and open the AFI, we did our best, we tried to be honest, to give ourselves out,” Jolie, 40, said after her dramatic red carpet entry along with Pitt, 51.
“This movie is inspired by grief and by the loss of my mother, but in the end it’s also about how you surpass it.”
At the presentation the AFI organizers paid homage to Jolie’s mother, Marcheline Bertrand, an actress and producer who died in 2007 and was an AFI member for three decades.
This is only the second time that Jolie, whose movies include “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” (2001) and “Maleficent” (2014), has starred alongside her husband. The couple, nicknamed “Brangelina,” appeared together in the action-comedy movie “Mr and Mrs Smith” (2005).
The glamorous duo shot “By the Sea” during their honeymoon in Malta last year — the first time Jolie has directed Pitt in a movie role.
In the film, Pitt plays an alcoholic writer lacking inspiration, while Jolie is a depressed former dancer who still dresses up as if she were about to go on stage.
The New York couple try to find some inspiration at a French seaside hotel, where meeting a newly-wed couple helps rekindle their love of life.
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