As if it weren’t enough that Angelina Jolie is more wealthy, famous, and beautiful than you or I will ever be, the woman is also a Goodwill Ambassador to the United nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which means she is a better person than you, too. Her next project? A film set during the Bosnian War (1992-1995) that will bring attention to the ongoing plight of the war’s refugees.
“The film is a love story, not a political statement,” said Jolie in a statement released by the United Nations, about a couple who meet on the eve of the Bosnian War and the effect the conflict has on their relationship. Production will begin this fall.
UPDATE: Although it wasn’t clear from the original press release, apparently Angelina Jolie will actually be writing and directing said Bosnian love story, and will not appear in front of the camera at all. Twist! The $15 million film will be the directorial debut of the longtime actress, and will be shot in English, despite its local cast.
The world’s foremost adopter of exotic babies arrived in Sarajevo last Friday for a surprise visit with the members of Bosnia and Herzogovina’s inter-ethnic presidency, to discuss ways to help the thousands of refugees only now beginning to return to the formerly war-torn country. Upon her return to the States, she announced her decision to film the Bosnian love story as a way to draw attention to a crisis many people have forgotten, especially since the American theater of war shifted to the Middle East.
Jolie will recruit as many actors of varying ethnicities as possible from the former Yugoslavia for the upcoming film, said the U.N. statement. “I would like to involve as many local people as possible and learn as much as I can,” she said.
Most important, however, is the question this project will no doubt raise for the tabloids: the A-lister has adopted Cambodian, Ethiopian, and Vietnamese children – could a Bosnian adoption be far behind? Of course not! Angelina Jolie will not rest until she has adopted one baby from every war-torn or impoverished country in the world. Sorry Brad, that’s the trade-off for dating the world’s former Sexiest Woman Alive.
Source: Reuters
