Angelina Jolie: 'In the Land of Blood and Honey changed my home life'

Angelina Jolie has admitted that writing and directing In the Land of Blood and Honey had an "unusual" effect on her and Brad Pitt's home life.

The first-time director explained to The Globe and Mail that Pitt and the couple's children went through a "slight adjustment" as she wrote a screenplay for the very first time.

"I would sit up writing late into the night. It wasn't a joke in our house, but it was this odd experiment I was doing that seemed so unusual for both of us," Jolie explained. "I'd written op-ed pieces and in journals, but nothing like this. But like anybody who loves you, they're happy when you're happy. I think Brad's happy that there's something that brings me some peace."

She went on to say that writing the Bosnian War story came from a desire to see real change in the world.

"I wrote out of a quiet meditation with myself, about my own frustrations with violence against women, lack of intervention in crises, and trying to understand what happens to people in war," she said.

Jolie admitted last week that she never actually intended to write or direct In the Land of Blood and Honey, which is now playing in US cinemas.

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Watch a trailer for In the Land of Blood and Honey below: