SYDNEY — "Unbroken", a film Angelina Jolie directed about the plight of an American Olympian turned World War II prisoner, helped her tackle motherhood, the Oscar-winning actress said on Monday.
Hundreds of fans crowded outside a Sydney theater to welcome Jolie to Australia for the world premiere of her second directing effort.
Based on a best-selling book by Laura Hillenbrand, the film tells how Louis Zamperini, an Olympic sprinter, spent 47 days on a life raft after his plane crashed into the Pacific, and was then held for two years by the Japanese.
"I think as a human being, as a mother, as someone who works internationally, I needed desperately to know a man like Louis Zamperini in my life, to know that there is hope," Jolie said.
Jolie was able to show Zamperini an early cut of the film, shot in Australia, before his death in July, aged 97. — Reuters