{"id":5430,"date":"2015-07-25T11:33:29","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T10:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=5430"},"modified":"2015-07-25T11:33:29","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T10:33:29","slug":"jolie-to-direct-film-on-cambodian-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/jolie-to-direct-film-on-cambodian-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Jolie to direct film on Cambodian war"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Angelina<\/a>Actress-turned-director Angelina Jolie is to make a film about Cambodia\u2019s Khmer Rouge regime seen through the eyes of a war-scarred child for Netflix, the streaming giant said Thursday.
\nThe Oscar-winning Hollywood A-lister will adapt \u201cFirst They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers,\u201d a harrowing memoir by Cambodian human rights activist Loung Ung about surviving the deadly regime.
\n\u201cI was deeply affected by Loung\u2019s book,\u201d said Jolie, cited in a Netflix statement. \u201cIt deepened forever my understanding of how children experience war and are affected by the emotional memory of it.
\n\u201cAnd it helped me draw closer still to the people of Cambodia, my son\u2019s homeland,\u201d said the 40-year-old, speaking of Maddox, her adopted son with megastar husband Brad Pitt.
\nNetflix said Maddox Jolie-Pitt, 13, the Hollywood couple\u2019s eldest child, will be involved in the production.
\nJolie will direct and produce the film from a script she co-wrote with Ung. Acclaimed Cambodian director Rithy Panh, nominated for an Oscar for 2013\u2019s \u201cThe Missing Picture,\u201d will also serve as a producer.
\nNetflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos said: \u201cWe are proud to be working with Angelina Jolie in bringing this emotionally powerful and ultimately uplifting story exclusively to Netflix members around the world.
\n\u201cLoung Ung\u2019s incredible journey is a testament to the human spirit and its ability to transcend even the toughest circumstances,\u201d he added.
\nThe movie will be released on Netflix in late 2016.
\nJolie\u2019s feature film debut was 2011\u2019s \u201cIn the Land of Blood and Honey\u201d set in the Bosnian war. Her 2014 \u201cUnbroken\u201d was nominated for three Oscars.
\nShe won an Oscar for best supporting actress for 1999\u2019s \u201cGirl, Interrupted.\u201d She also won the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences\u2019 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award last year.<\/p>\n

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