Vanity Fair magazine has accused actress Angelina Jolie of child abuse at the casting of the Netflix movie 'First they killed my father: a daughter of Cambodia remembers', which directs. According to the publication, Jolie performed emotionally abusive practices towards the children who participated in the casting, who were chosen from orphanages, circuses or schools in slums; they needed children who "had difficulties."
They accuse her of placing a large sum of money in front of the minors and asking them what they would do with him. When they responded, they withdrew their money to see how they reacted. But if we go into detail and know the version of Angelina and its producer, we realize that the story is not in that.
The director responded to the accusations in a statement released by The Huffington Post ensuring that her claims have been distorted and her intention was misunderstood. He said that at all times "he assured the safety, comfort and well-being of children during the film, from auditions to filming."
Srey Moch Sareum, the girl who was finally chosen for the main role of the film had to pass that casting. When asked what he would do with the money, the girl replied that he would be destined to pay a funeral worthy for his grandfather who had died, and that later when the money was withdrawn he felt really overwhelmed.
Apparently, according to Rithy Pahn, a Cambodian filmmaker and producer of the film, the money was not real and the children were prepared for auditions explaining that they had to pretend to steal something and then be caught. Precisely because it was an improvisation "game" based on a scene from the movie.
"It bothers me that a false and improvised exercise that is a scene in the film is described as if it were a real scenario. The accusations that we took real money from the children during the casting is a false and hurtful statement. I would feel outraged if this would have happened, "explained Angelina Jolie.
It is not to defend it, much less. Maybe the exercise was not the best in the case of children who pass needs, but hence it is accused of child abuse, there is a long way. And more when he has an adopted son in Cambodia (Madoxx), a country he knows very well about the situation of children. Sometimes the news is taken out of context, misunderstood and a world of something is made that is not real.
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