The emotional visit to Cambodia Angelina Jolie with her ​​son Maddox

Angelina Jolie wants to ensure that Maddox knows where he comes from .

The star made a very emotional return to Cambodia , a very important country for her ( that's when she turned her first major film in 2001, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, and adopted her eldest son in 2002) and the mother-son duo will spend a lot of time .

Angelina Jolie visited two humanitarian organizations and began production from First They Killed My Father , his new project as a director , which is an adaptation of the memoirs of Loung Ung, a former child soldier , entitled First they killed my father.

In addition to his professional duties there, Angie explained in a new interview that she and Maddox would be " side by side to learn" the history of his country.

"Maddox will be on the set every day after school and be involved in the production," said Angelina reporters Tuesday.

"While Maddox and I will prepare the film, we will be side by side to learn the history of this country," she shared. "It will be 14 years next week, and it's very important for him to understand where he comes from. He's my son but it is also a child of Cambodia. It is a time to understand all what this means for him and our family. "

The memories are reviewing the memories of Loung Ung who grew up during the dictatorship of the Khmer Rouge in the 70s, including genocide has 1.7 million deaths. "I was very affected by Loung book. It really helped me to understand how children experience war and are affected by it from an emotional point of view," said Angelina in a statement last week at the announcement of its project in partnership with Netflix. "This project is not intended to revisit the horrors of war but to put at the character screen with which everyone can identify and empathize , and trying to show the public this country that I love and I respect, Cambodian culture and family life that I admire , "said Angelina in the local newspaper Phnom Penh.

"The film will be shot from a child 's point of view ," said the actress, adding that he would be with locals , " a casting and a Cambodian Cambodian team ."

Pre-production should take place until November , and filming should take place from November to January