Between Venice, Telluride, Toronto, and New York, you might think that all of the awards season-bound film premieres are locked up, AFI Fest always has a couple of surprises. And they’ve landed a pretty big picture to kick things off in November.
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Showbiz 411 is reporting that Angelina Jolie Pitt‘s arty "By The Sea" will open AFI Fest. Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Melvil Poupaud, Niels Arestrup and Richard Bohringer co-star in the movie about a gorgeous but morose couple who hang out on the gorgeous coast of France and have marital problems of only the most gorgeous varieties. Here’s the official synopsis:
AFI Fest starts on November 5th and "By The Sea" opens on November 13th.