Angelina Jolie's Movie Banned From Shooting

By Suparna Chakaraborthy

Saturday, October 16, 2010, 12:59

Angelina Jolie's directorial debut movie seems to be in trouble. The untitled film revolves around the story of a couple who met each other at a time when Bosnia war had just started in 1992.

Reportedly, the movie features a Serbian rapist and his Muslim victim. To this, the Women Victims of War group has requested the Cultural Minister of Muslim-Croat federation, to ban the shooting of the film in Bosnia, as it is guilty of 'misleading history". Gavrilo Grahovac, Culture Minister of the Muslim-Croat federation – who met with representatives from the group – revealed he canceled the permit because no screenplay had been attached to the application.

"They no longer have the authorization to shoot in Bosnia," Gavrilo Grahovac has revealed. "They will have it if they send us the scenario with a story which will be different from what we have been told by people who read it," he said.

Edin Sarkic, who is the representative of Sarajevo"s Scout Film and is also working with Angelina Jolie, has denied the any such feature in the movie. He has bought the government the script and is waiting for a positive response.

Emir Hadzihafizbegovic, Culture Minister for Sarajevo, is very disturbed with the whole matter and has said, "Is this how we thank Angelina Jolie … for treating a Bosnian tragedy that has already been forgotten by the world … for hiring five or six Bosnian actors in her movie?"

The shooting of the film is currently on hold and the crew awaits a positive decision.