The Cruelest Day

The Cruelest Day (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.

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