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 20 March 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