The Cruelest Day

The Cruelest Day
Directed byFerdinando Vincentini Orgnani
Written byMarcello FoisFerdinando Vincentini Orgnani
Produced byJohn CesaroniGherardo Pagliei
CinematographyGiovanni Cavallini
Music byPaolo Fresu
Release date
  • 28 March 2003 (2003-03-28)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryItaly

The Cruelest Day (Italian: Ilaria Alpi - Il più crudele dei giorni) is a 2003 Italianbiographicaldrama 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 murdered in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 20 March 1994.[1] For her performance Giovanna Mezzogiorno won the Nastro d'Argento for best actress.[2]

Cast

References

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