Sorry if this has already been mentioned, but I read in the paper today that Angelina Jolie is directing a film about Bosnian Muslim woman who falls in love with the Serbian soldier who raped her during the conflict.
The Women Victims of War Association in Sarajevo has said:
'Among thousands of testimonies by women raped during the war, there is no a single one that tells of a love story between a woman and her rapist.'
Angelina Jolie has said:
'Any dramatic interpretation will fail those who have had a real experience.'
This has made me angry. There are degrees of failure when representing people's real life experience; surely portraying rape in this way is reprehensible?