Winterbottoms new film examines media role in Amanda Knox murder trial cinema

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 filmmaker 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 exboyfriend Raffael Sollecito. T READ MORE