Angelina Jolie has defended her directorial debut film, a love story set during the Bosnian-Serbian war, after a minister revoked permission to shoot the film in Bosnia.
The yet-to-be-titled film dwells on the impact of the war on the relationship between a Serbian man (Rade Serbedzija) and a Bosnian woman (Zana Marjanovic) who meet on the eve of the war.
The war, fought between 1992 to 1995, led to the death of 100,000 people and displacement of 1.8 million people.
Jolie has penned the screenplay for the film and is co-producing it with GK Films owned by Academy Award winning producer Graham King and his business partner Tim Headington.
Bosnia's culture and sports minister, Gavrilo Grahovac, recently cancelled permission for Jolie to shoot in the country in November citing incomplete paper work.
An association of female victims from the Bosnian war has objected to the film being shot in Bosnia contending that it shows a woman victim falling in love with her torturer.
Jolie has said the film does not dabble in politics and is a pure love story. She has offered to meet members of the association.
Following the cancellation of permission to shoot in Bosnia, Jolie is reported to have contacted the women's group through UNHCR that she serves as goodwill ambassador.
Jolie's message to the group is "Don't judge me before you see the film."
"Obviously any dramatic interpretation will always fail those who have had a real experience. This is not a documentary," she is quoted as saying,
"There are many twists in the plot that address the sensitive nature of the relationship between the main characters, and that will be revealed once the film is released."
Meanwhile, GK Films has announced that it will continue to pursue the matter with Bosnian authorities.
"We are obliged to reapply for the permit to shoot Angelina Jolie's directorial debut with the appropriate government offices in Sarajevo now that the final script is available."
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