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Angelina Jolie Pitt dirige First They Killed My Father, corajoso relato de guerra por uma criança, um filme original Netflix
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BEVERLY HILLS, Califórnia, 23 de julho de 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Angelina Jolie Pitt dirigirá a adaptação de First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, as memórias da escritora e ativista de direitos humanos Loung Ung, que sobreviveu ao regime do Khmer Vermelho, no Camboja.

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Angelina Jolie será a diretora e produtora do longa original da Netflix, cujo roteiro coadaptou com Ung. O aclamado diretor e produtor cambojano Rithy Panh, diretor de A Imagem que Falta, indicado ao Oscar de Melhor Filme Estrangeiro, também será um dos produtores.

O filme será disponibilizado aos assinantes da líder mundial em TV por Internet no final de 2016 e será inscrito nos principais festivais internacionais de cinema.

Em 1975, Loung Ung tinha cinco anos de idade quando o Khmer Vermelho assumiu o poder no Camboja, dando início a quatro anos de terror e genocídio que sacrificaram a vida de dois milhões de cambojanos.  Retirada da casa de sua família em Phnom Penh, Ung foi treinada como soldada mirim em um campo para órfãos, enquanto seus seis irmãos foram enviados a campos de trabalhos forçados.  Ung sobreviveu e escreveu First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, publicado em 2000.  Dez anos atrás, Angelina Jolie leu o livro e entrou em contato com Ung, e o contato inicial deu lugar a uma sólida amizade.  Juntas, elas transformaram o livro em roteiro.

"Fiquei profundamente comovida com o livro de Loung", comentou Angelina.  "O relato ampliou a minha perspectiva de como crianças enfrentam uma guerra, de como elas são afetadas pelas carga emocional do que viveram. Isso me aproximou do povo do Camboja, a terra natal de um dos meus filhos." Ela complementa: "É um sonho poder adaptar esse livro para a tela. Fico honrada por trabalhar com Loung e com o cineasta Rithy Panh".  O filho cambojano de Angelina, Maddox, também estará envolvido na produção do filme.

O alcance mundial da Netflix foi um fator determinante para o desejo da atriz e diretora de formar uma parceria com o serviço. "Filmes como esse são difíceis de assistir, mas importantes", afirmou. "A produção deles também é complicada, e a Netflix está tornando o projeto possível. Estou ansiosa para trabalhar com eles e estou animada porque o filme será visto por muitas pessoas".  O filme será lançado em khmer e inglês.

"Temos orgulho de trabalhar com Angelina Jolie para oferecer uma história marcante e de forte conteúdo emocional exclusivamente aos assinantes Netflix do mundo inteiro", comentou Ted Sarandos, chief content officer da Netflix.  "A incrível jornada de Loung Ung é um tributo ao espírito humano e à capacidade de transcender as circunstâncias mais difíceis".

"Angelina e eu nos conhecemos em 2001 no Camboja, e eu fiquei imediatamente sensibilizada pela generosidade dela", declarou Loung Ung.  "Ao longo dos anos, nós nos tornamos amigas próximas, e a minha admiração por Angelina como mulher, mãe, cineasta e humanitária apenas aumentou. É uma grande honra confiar a história da minha família ao talento de Angelina".

Atualmente, Loung Ung está escrevendo seu primeiro romance e é coproprietária do Market Garden Brewery, em Cleveland, Ohio.  Desde 1995, Loung fez mais de 30 viagens ao Camboja. Ela vem se dedicando pessoalmente a ajudar seu país na recuperação dos traumas da guerra.  Lucky Child e Lulu in the Sky são duas das outras obras da escritora, que também participou da criação do roteiro do filme Girl Rising.

A produção de First They Killed My Father começará no final deste ano no Camboja e antecederá a participação de Angelina nas filmagens de Africa, filme que acompanha as décadas de luta do paleantropologista Dr. Richard Leakey para livrar a África do comércio ilegal de animais selvagens. As filmagens de Africa foram adiadas para acomodar a finalização do roteiro e alinhar todos os elementos de produção necessários ao escopo ambicioso do projeto.  Angelina permanece comprometida com a realização do filme e continua apoiando o Dr. Leakey, o povo do Quênia e o fim dos crimes contra a vida selvagem e do comércio ilegal de animais.

No momento, Angelina está trabalhando na pós-produção de By The Sea, drama escrito e dirigido por ela própria e o qual estrelará ao lado de Brad Pitt. O filme será lançado pela Universal ainda neste ano.  Angelina recentemente dirigiu o filme Invencível, produção da Universal baseada na vida de Luiz Zamperini, atleta olímpico que sobreviveu aos campos de batalha da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Angelina estreou como diretora no filme Na Terra de Amor e Ódio.

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