The murder of British student Meredith Kercher and the trial of her roomate, American Amanda Knox, is the subject of “The Face of an Angel” – a new movie by Michael Winterbottom.
British actress Kate Beckinsale plays the American reporter while Germany’s Daniel Bruhl stars as a film-maker working on a documentary on the case.
The British director’s film is based on a book by US journalist Barbie Latza Nadeau which explores the case surrounding Knox and her ex-boyfriend Raffael Sollecito.
“The film, in a way, is about the media’s reporting of that kind of story in general, not specifically that story, but the way the media treats those types of cases, of murder trials, of violent crime and so on,” said Winterbottom.
“But, the idea is, as the film develops, it moves away from that. So, it starts with, in a way, an explanation of the role of the media, but becomes more about – I hope – the girl who was killed and about the love for someone who you’re absent from… In the end the
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