The Philippine Online Chronicles

Bosnia's cultural minister Gavrilo Grahovac reinstated the filming permit for Angelina Jolie's wartime movie despite criticisms from the Women Victims of War association.

In the past weeks, rumors circulated in entertainment websites that Jolie's directorial debut is about the story of a Bosnian Muslim woman rape victim who fell in love with her Serbian attacker. Organizations of rape victims found the plot 'offensive,' and pressured Grahovac to cancel Jolie's permit to film in Sarajevo.

Jolie's production outfit, denied truth to the rumors while the actress said,"Don't judge me before you see the film."She asked fans to hold judgment on the film that's still shooting in Budapest.

The film sparked debates among wartime rape survivors on who has the authority to film the story about Serbian rape camps.

The UNCHR Ambassador of Goodwill said her film is not a documentary. "Obviously any dramatic interpretation will always fail those who have had a real experience."

She further added, "There are many twists in the plot that address the sensitive nature of the relationship between the main characters, and that will be revealed once the film is released."

The still untitled film is about a Serbian man (Rade Serbedzija) and a Bosnian woman (Zana Marjanovic) who met on the eve of the Bosnia's 1992-95 war, which killed 100,000 people.