Actress Charlize Theron used the Venice Film Festival to plead for US troops in Iraq to be allowed home.
The 32-year-old plays a policewoman in In The Valley of Elah, which is based on the true story of a soldier who goes missing after serving in Iraq. The missing soldier's parents are portrayed by Tommy Lee Jones and Susan Sarandon.
"Nothing would give me more joy than to see them back in America," the Oscar-winning star said. "[The soldiers] are doing a very, very important job and it's a dangerous one. Hopefully they can come back and be looked after, that's the least we can do for them."
The Valley of Elah was written and directed by Paul Haggis, whose last film was the Oscar-winning Crash. Haggis denied making an Iraq film because it's fashionable, saying: "I laugh when I hear these statements that Hollywood is jumping on the bandwagon because the American public is turning against the war.
"We started work on the film in 2003, when the president had an 80% approval rating, everyone even in the neighbourhood where I live was driving around with flags on their cars, and the president was saying it was unpatriotic to even question this war."
In The Valley Of Elah is one of two Iraq dramas at the Venice Film Festival - the first, Brian De Palma's Redacted, premiered on Friday.