A few days ago we had a little chat about Angelina Jolie and her plans for shooting of a movie in Serbia and the region, which would mark her directorial debut.
So, you probably remember that we also mentioned Jolie will be in the leading female role, right?
But, that's not going to happen, because the actress will make her debut as a director and a screenwriter for the upcoming romance. Sorry guys, but no Jolie on a big screen this time!
We also know that Rade Serbedzija (The Saint, Snatch, Batman Begins, Eyes Wide Shut, Mission: Impossible II, Thick as Thieves) will appear in Jolie's yet untitled war love story.
“For almost two months already I have been in contact with Angelina Jolie. She tried to contact me via my agents and they told her that I am not acting in movies on war in former Yugoslavia.
I rejected all offers because scenarios were mainly poor and onesided. When she was told why I had rejected her offer, Angelina contacted me by phone and asked me to read the scenario. The text is fantastic,” Serbedzija said.
As Jolie previously said, the movie centers on “a couple who meet on the eve of the war and the effect it has on their relationship.”
But Serbedzija also gave some interesting details on movie: “about a young Serb and a Muslim woman who fell in love several evenings before beginning of war in Bosnia.
That's how film begins. Then follows war madness. The action follows war events with young Muslim woman ending up in a Serbian concentration camp from where she is somehow saved by the young Serb. Their love becomes passionate but impossible.”
The actor revealed that he'll play a Serbian patriot, “a nationalist but not a negative character.” He's the father of the male lead and a WWII veteran.
Based on an original screenplay written by Jolie, the actors will be solely compromised of various ethnicities from the region of the former Yugoslavia. Jolie added that “…the film is a love story, not a political statement.”
Jolie said that she would like to “involve as many local people as possible and learn as much as I can.”
Shooting should start in the fall and the movie cast would be comprised of actors from the various ethnicities of the former Yugoslavia.
The co-producer will be Filip Gajic, a reputable Belgrade director and owner of producing house Abarit.
Stay tuned for more updates on Angelina Jolie's directorial debut.
