(PEOPLE.com) -- With her first directorial effort underway and generating controversy over its alleged content, Angelina Jolie advises critics not to jump the gun and to "[with]hold judgment until they have seen the film."
The yet-to-be-titled movie, a love story currently shooting in Hungary, focuses on a Serbian man (Rade Serbedzija) and a Bosnian woman (Zana Marjanovic) who meet on the eve of the country's 1992-95 war and the effect the conflict has on their relationship.
But once stories arose in Bosnia-Herzegovina that the film's love story concerned a Serbian rapist and his Muslim captive, objections were raised by the association Women Victims of War, who accused the film of presenting "misleading history".
Their objections reportedly helped prompt Bosnia's culture minister, Gavrilo Grahovac, to revoke Jolie's permit to shoot in Sarajevo.
Jolie, who serves as a United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees goodwill ambassador, reportedly contacted the women's group through the UNHCR and said, "Don't judge me before you see the film".
Jolie, 35, is also quoted as saying, "Obviously any dramatic interpretation will always fail those who have had a real experience. This is not a documentary".
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