In the Land of Blood and Honey is a 2011 American romantic drama film written and directed by Angelina Jolie and starring Zana Marjanović, Goran Kostić, and Rade Šerbedžija. The film is Jolie's directorial debut and it depicts a love story set against the background of the Bosnian War. It opened in the United States on December 23, 2011 in a limited theatrical release. The film is set in Sarajevo against the backdrop of the Bosnian War that tore the Balkan region apart in the 1990s. The movie tells the story of Danijel , a soldier fighting for the Bosnian Serbs, and Ajla ,... a Bosnian Muslim woman he was involved with before the war, and who is now a captive in the camp he oversees. Danijel is serving under his father, a Bosnian Serb army general, when he comes face to face with Ajla again, who is among a group of women forced to be sex slaves for the Serb soldiers. Although they attempt to rekindle their connection, the pressures of war threatens their once promising love. Jolie got the idea to write a script of a war-time love story after traveling to Bosnia and Herzegovina as a U.N. goodwill ambassador.
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| Release date: | December 23, 2011 |
| Directed by: | Angelina Jolie |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 127 Minutes |
| Producer: | Graham King, Tim Headington, Angelina Jolie, Tim Moore |
| Music by: | Gabriel Yared |
| Cinematography: | Dean Semler |
| Screenplay by: | Angelina Jolie |