The promo reel for Michael Winterbottom’s thriller inspired by the Amanda Knox case, has been revealed by Variety.
“The Face of an Angel”, is currently in post-production and stars Daniel Brühl, Kate Beckinsale and model Cara Delevingne.
The new film was inspired by the book “Angel Face: Sex, Murder and the Inside Story of Amanda Knox” by Barbie Latza Nadeau.
According to Variety, the film is to be produced by Revolution Films, with BBC Films, Ypsilon Films and Multitrade.
The Face of an Angel is said to be a fictional adaptation of the 2007 murder case in Italy.
“The murder of a British student in Tuscany leads to the trial and conviction of her American flat mate and Italian boyfriend in controversial circumstances” writes Variety of the synopsis.
“The public interest around the case attracts once successful, but now struggling filmmaker Thomas (Bruhl), to be commissioned to write a film, “The Face of an Angel,” based on a book by Simone Ford (Beckinsale), an American journalist who covered the case. From Rome they head to Siena to research the film.
“Just as Thomas is about to hit rock bottom, he meets British student Melanie (Delevingne), with whom he begins an innocent relationship. This is a beautiful, unrequited love where Melanie provides solace to him and acts as a guide to his own heart.
“Thomas starts to question what is more important to him, solving an unsolvable crime and writing the film, or returning back to the daughter he has left behind.”
The film will have its promo reel shown at the European Film Market in Berlin next week.
