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A geli a
Jolie
is
ope i g
up
about
explo i g
themes
of
t auma,
co flict
a d
heali g
i
he
upcomi g
di ecto ial
ve tu e
‘Without
Blood’.
The
act ess
a d
di ecto
got
ca did
about
he
ew
film,
sta i g
Salma
Hayek
a d
Demia
Bichi ,
ahead
of
its
Septembe
18
theat ical
elease.
A geli a
Jolie
ope s
up
about
‘Without
Blood’
“The
film
is
fo
a yo e
who
seeks
a swe s
a d
heali g
afte
t auma,”
Jolie
said
a d
we t
o
to
add,
“The
book
discusses
how
we
ofte
‘ etu
to
whe e
we
b eak.’
That’s
t ue
fo
almost
a yo e.
No
o e
k ows
what
someo e
else
has
go e
th ough.
To
sit
a d
talk
with
ope ess
a d
ho esty
is
a
begi i g.”
A geli a
Jolie
o
what
d ew
he
to
the
book
‘Without
Blood’
The
Osca -wi i g
filmmake
said
she
was
d aw
to
Alessa d o
Ba icco’s
ovel
“because
it
exami es
u ive sal
t uths
about
co flict,
memo y
a d
what
it
is
to
be
huma .”
She
fu the
added,
“I
chose
to
stay
ve y
t ue
to
it.
My
app oach
was
to
shape
a d
edit
mo e
tha
to
w ite.’
B ad
Pitt
makes
shocki g
‘suicide’
co fessio
Jolie’s
chat
with
People
comes
just
as
he
ex-husba d,
B ad
Pitt
was
goi g
vi al
afte
he
ope ed
up
about
bei g
‘suicidal’
amid
‘family
stuff’
with
the
act ess
a d
his
est a geme t
f om
his
six
kids.I
a
i te view
with
Esqui e,
the
acto
spilled
his
hea t
out,
sayi g,
“I’ve
eve
bee
suicidal
except
fo
o e
little
pe iod.
A d
i
that
o e
little
pe iod,
I
just
thought
—
I
just
could ’t
—
just
did ’t
see
a
way
out,”
Pitt
admitted.
He
fu the
explai ed,
“The
pai
was
so
opp essive
that
–
I
was ’t
goi g
to
act
o
this,
but
I
could
feel
–
I
could
feel
the
cold
steel
of
the
bullet
i
my
head,
a d
it
felt
like
elief.”
A geli a
Jolie
o
eu iti g
with
Salma
Hayek
“It
was
wo de ful,”
Jolie
said
of
eu iti g
with
Hayek,
followi g
thei
p evious
collabo atio
i
Ma vel’s
Ete als.
This
time,
howeve ,
Jolie
takes
o
the
ole
of
di ecto
while
Hayek
leads
the
d ama
alo gside
Bichi .
“I
felt
ve y
fo tu ate
to
di ect
Salma,
Demia
a d
the
est
of
the
cast
a d
c ew
who
wo ked
i c edibly
ha d.”Jolie
also
p aised
Hayek’s
pe fo ma ce,
teasi g,
“I
am
excited
fo
people
to
see
he
i c edible
wo k.
To
see
he
i
a
way
she
has ’t
bee
see
befo e.”
‘Without
Blood’
plot
a d
elease
date
Di ected
a d
p oduced
by
Jolie,
‘Without
Blood’
is
set
i
the
afte math
of
a
u amed
co flict,
the
film
follows
cha acte s
g appli g
with
the
lasti g
impact
of
viole ce
a d
explo es
themes
of
wa ,
memo y,
t auma
a d
heali g.The
film
is
scheduled
to
elease
theat ically
o
Septembe
18,
2026.
