THE FACE OF AN ANGEL (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Kate Beckinsale (Underworld), Daniel Brühl (Rush), Cara Delevingne (Anna Karenina), Genevieve Gaunt (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban), Ava Acres (White Bird in a Blizzard), Rosie Fellner (The Trip to Italy), John Hopkins (Alice in Wonderland), Sai Bennett (Mr Selfridge), Peter Sullivan (The Jackal), Alistair Petrie (Cloud Atlas), Corrado Invernizzi (Vincere), Valerio Mastandrea (Long Live Freedom), Andrea Tidona (Life is Beautiful), Ranieri Menicori (film debut), Austin Spangler (Colliding Lives)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Michael Winterbottom (The Look of Love), director; Paul Viragh (Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll), writer; Melissa Parmenter (Trishna), producer; Harry Escott (Shame), composer; Hubert Taczanowski (My Little Eye), cinematographer; Marc Richardson (The Trip to Italy), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

When a British student is murdered in Italy, American reporter Simone (Beckinsale) and documentary filmmaker Thomas (Brühl) cover the trial and chase the story of the prime suspect…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Director Michael Winterbottom’s fictionalisation of the infamous Amanda Knox trials offers an alternative perspective into the “coverage” of said trials and a potential understanding of Knox’s own story.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 27TH MARCH 2015

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