Bosnia doesn’t allow Jolie to film her movie
While working on her directorial debut Angelina Jolie faced with an unexpected problem: the Ministry of Culture of Bosnia, has withdrawn the permission for filming in the country as long as it does not provide a scenario.
Minister of Culture of Bosnia Gavrilo Grahovach reported that an application to conduct surveys in the country received from Jolie, was not approved, since it did not come with the script, as required by law.
Decision of the Ministry of Culture was taken after a protest by the association of women affected by war in Bosnia. The actress was going to shoot a movie about the love of Serbian men and women in the midst of the Bosnian war in the early nineties.
However, BBC has other information. According to their data, in Bosnia the picture is positioned somewhat differently: the love story develops between the Serbian rapist and his victim, a Muslim. "If they send us to a scenario where it is found that the story does not match that of her talk, we give a new resolution," - says Grahovach.
Studio GK Films, producer of the picture, said the incident "a purely technical point" and is ready to provide the final version of the script. Angelina Jolie herself also made a statement. “Of course, those who have lived through these events will interpret scenario in other way. This is not a documentary. In the story many turns on the thin nature of the relationship between the main characters. This becomes clear when the picture will be released”.
The actress has also sent a letter to the association "Women - Victims of War", to dissuade its members in a negative attitude to have not yet withdrawn the project. Now Jolie is filming in Budapest.