“That would be sexy,” Rodriguez told us on Wednesday. “We’ve definitely got to bring up the ante, man. Whoever it is — it has to be a powerful presence that hasn’t been seen before.” “The grand majority of the time in films, we’re always fighting each other. I feel like it’s time to evolve girls. Let’s stop hitting each other and let’s stop fighting each other, and let’s start getting together and ganging up on people.”

By the Sea” follows an American writer named Roland (Pitt) and his wife, Vanessa (Jolie Pitt), who arrive in a tranquil and picturesque seaside resort in 1970s France, their marriage in apparent crisis. As they spend time with fellow travelers, including young newlyweds Lea (Laurent) and François (Poupaud), and village locals Michel (Arestrup) and Patrice (Bohringer), the couple begins to come to terms with unresolved issues in their own lives. In its style, and its treatment of themes of the human experience, “By the Sea” is inspired by European cinema and theater of the 1960s and 1970s.