By the Sea

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By The Sea

Year 1960, New York. Vanessa Montgomery is 26 years old, a rising classical dancer and leading a busy life working in the New York City ballet company, she is quite independent, very different from the women around her. Her appearance always attracts a lot of eyes, short blonde hair with a slim and attractive body, and a striking face, she is always very vain. Roland Bertrand is 35 years old, is a famous writer with several books published, most of the time he leads a quieter life always spending his time in quieter and more beautiful places to seek inspiration and write, but he also enjoys a bohemian life. He is an impossibly handsome man, short dark hair a bit unruly, his body sculpted and attractive, it doesn't take much for women to fall at his feet. At a certain point Vanessa and Roland end up getting to know each other and the feeling is immediate.

Last chance

70's. Vanessa and Roland, married for 7 years, have always lived a busy life surrounded by adventures. He is an American writer and she is a former dancer and therefore they always led a life without routines, they always preferred to wake up and write a new day instead of repeating what they did in the previous days. Both have always lived surrounded by art and in this way they have always known how to express themselves well, possessing unlimited creativity and dynamism. They loved each other from the first moment and promised to always cultivate that feeling above all else... But after living a painful and terrible event everything changes, and happiness gives way to fights, accusations and unhappiness. They don't know what they feel anymore, and as a last chance they decide to embark on a journey to try to know and discover each other again, as if it were the beginning of everything. They allow themselves one last chance.