Angelina Jolie's movie is for people 'healing after trauma'
Angelina Jolie has opened up about the process of writing and directing Without Blood.
Angelina Jolie's Without Blood is about "healing after trauma".
The 51-year-old star has written and directed Without Blood, the new war drama film that stars Salma Hayek and Demian Bichir, and Angelina has now opened up about the movie adaptation of Alessandro Baricco's book of the same name.
The Oscar-winning star told People: "I was drawn to Alessandro Baricco’s beautifully written novel because it examines universal truths about conflict, memory and what it is to be human.
"I chose to stay very true to it. My approach was to shape and edit more than to write."
Angelina thinks the movie will connect with anyone who is recovering from trauma.
The actress-turned-director explained: "The film is for anyone who seeks answers and healing after trauma.
"The book discusses how we often ‘return to where we break.’ That’s true for almost anyone. No one knows what someone else has gone through. To sit and talk with openness and honesty, is a beginning."
Angelina also heaped praise on the film's cast, explaining that the material is very emotionally demanding.
She said: "It’s a very challenging piece for actors who had to be very brave and emotionally open.
"Knowing her well helped to direct her but there was so much about her as a woman and a performer I was surprised by still and so impressed."
Meanwhile, Angelina previously admitted that her motivations have changed during the course of her career.
The actress played opera singer Maria Callas in the biographical drama film Maria in 2024 and Angelina explained how she now related to her on-screen character.
She told Sky News: "There's this kind of study of being human that we do when we create, and we communicate with an audience because our work is not in isolation - it's a connection.
"I think when I was younger, I had different questions about being human and different feelings and now as I've gotten older, I understand some things and now I have different questions."
Angelina felt she could relate to her character because of everything she's been through in her own life.
She said: "It's a matter of life, right? And so maybe that's interesting that this now is a character really contemplating death and really contemplating the toll of certain things in life that I, of course, couldn't have understood in my 20s."
