---
title: 'The Cruelest Day (2003)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani'
released: '2003-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-cruelest-day-2003'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311653/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Cruelest Day (2003)

2003 · 100 min · Drama · Italy


## Synopsis

The Cruelest Day 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 20 March 1994. For her performance Giovanna Mezzogiorno won the Nastro d'Argento for best actress.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinando-vicentini-orgnani)
- **Screenplay:** [Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinando-vicentini-orgnani), [Marcello Fois](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcello-fois)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Paolo Fresu](https://cinepixo.com/people/paolo-fresu)

## Cast

- [Tony Lo Bianco](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-lo-bianco)
- [Cinzia Monreale](https://cinepixo.com/people/cinzia-monreale)
- [Luca Biagini](https://cinepixo.com/people/luca-biagini)
- [Angelo Infanti](https://cinepixo.com/people/angelo-infanti)
- [Erika Blanc](https://cinepixo.com/people/erika-blanc)
- [Rade Šerbedžija](https://cinepixo.com/people/rade-serbedzija)
- [Amanda Plummer](https://cinepixo.com/people/amanda-plummer)
- [Francesco Carnelutti](https://cinepixo.com/people/francesco-carnelutti)
- [Andrea Renzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-renzi)
- [Radoslav Milenković](https://cinepixo.com/people/radoslav-milenkovic)
- [Giacinto Ferro](https://cinepixo.com/people/giacinto-ferro)
- [Branko Đurić](https://cinepixo.com/people/branko-uric)
- [Giovanna Mezzogiorno](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanna-mezzogiorno)
- [Giorgio Gobbi](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgio-gobbi)

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