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The Cruelest Day (2003)

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The Cruelest Day (2003)

Name: The Cruelest Day
Genre: Drama
Released: 2003-03-27

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Plot.

Ilaria Alpi, a young, Italian war-corespondent, was on a dangerous mission in Somalia. While she covered the civil war, she also discovered a big and secret international enviromentscandale. Together with her cameraman she was killed in the streets of Mogadishus March, 1994. The film is based on a true story.

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Cast & Crew.

Giovanna Mezzogiorno

Ilaria Alpi

Rade Šerbedžija

Miran Hrovatin

Angelo Infanti

Marocchino

Erika Blanc

Luciana Alpi

Giacinto Ferro

Giorgio Alpi

Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani

Writer / Director

Marcello Fois

Writer

Amanda Plummer

Gionalista ABC

Davide Bassan

Production Designer

Vincenzo Albanese

Actor

Luca Biagini

Generale Carmine Fiore

John Cesaroni

Producer

Gherardo Pagliei

Producer

Marco Quintili

Producer

Paolo Fresu

Composer

Giovanni Cavallini

Cinematographer

Claudio M. Cutry

Editor

Alessandro Heffler

Editor

Details.

Release Date
March 27, 2003

Original Name
Ilaria Alpi - Il più crudele dei giorni

Status
Released

Running Time
2h

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-10

Wiki.

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 murdered in Mogadishu, Somalia, on March 20, 1994. For her performance Giovanna Mezzogiorno won the Nastro d'Argento for best actress.