The Cruelest Day

Film
The Cruelest Day
Directed byFerdinando Vicentini Orgnani
CinematographyGiovanni Cavallini
Music byPaolo Fresu

The Cruelest Day (Italian: Ilaria Alpi - Il più crudele dei giorni) is a 2003 Italian biographical drama film directed by Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani. It is a dramatization of the last days of life of RAI journalist Ilaria Alpi and of her cameraman Miran Hrovatin before they were killed in Mogadishu, Somalia, on March 20, 1994.[1] For her performance Giovanna Mezzogiorno won the Nastro d'Argento for best actress.[2]

Cast

  • Giovanna Mezzogiorno: Ilaria Alpi
  • Rade Šerbedžija: Miran Hrovatin
  • Erika Blanc: Luciana Alpi
  • Giacinto Ferro: Giorgio Alpi
  • Angelo Infanti: Giancarlo Marocchino
  • Amanda Plummer: Karin
  • Andrea Renzi: Francesco
  • Tony Lo Bianco: General Loy

References

  1. ^ Ronnie Scheib (September 3, 2003). "Review: 'The Cruelest Day'". Variety. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  2. ^ Sheri Jennings (May 15, 2003). "D'Argento awards note top 2 helmers". Variety. Retrieved 22 April 2014.

External links

  • The Cruelest Day at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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