A love story set against the backdrop of the Bosnian war is provoking strong reactions from movie-goers and critics.<br /><br />The directorial debut by actress Angelina Jolie sparked controversy even before filming began.<br /><br />In The Land of Blood and Honey premiered in Sarajevo, the city torn apart by the war, on Thursday.<br /><br />The film tells the story of love between Danijel, a Serb, and Ajla, a Bosnian Muslim he knew before the war.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Simon McGregor-Wood has more on the film's debut before the audience that lived through the war.