Daniel Bruhl is one of the most exciting actors around at the moment and he is back on the big screen next week in new thriller The Face of an Angel.
The Face of an Angel
The Face of an Angel sees Bruhl in another leading role as he teams up with filmmaker Michael Winterbottom of the first time. Winterbottom is back in the director's chair for the psychological crime drama that is inspired by the book Angel Face by Barbie Latza Nadeau.
Nadeau's books is based on the real life story of Amanda Knox, who was accused of the murder of Meredith Kercher back in 2007. However, Face of an Angel is not a movie about the crime itself but more about the media coverage that the crime generated and the names of Knox and Kercher have been changed within the film.
Bruhl will take on the central role of Daniel, a documentary filmmaker who is trying to get to the bottom of the case, while Kate Beckinsale is also on board as a journalist. The pair are joined on the cast list by Cara Delevinge, Ava Acres, Genevieve Gaunt, and Sai Bennett.
There is just over a week to go until The Face of an Angel hits the big screen and we have a trio of great new clips to take a look at:
Winterbottom is a filmmaker who has already enjoyed a career that has spanned twenty years and he remains one of the most exciting British directors around. His career has seen him explore literature with Jude, the rise of label Factory Record and the Manchester music scene in 24 Hour Party People, and the real life story of Mariane Pearl in A Might Heart.
Throughout his career he has moved between different film genres as well as mixing live action and dramatic movies with documentary projects - I really can't wait to see what he delivers with The Face of an Angel.
Thomas Lang (Brühl) is a film director who is offered the chance to adapt a book by American journalist Simone Ford (Beckinsale), which recounts the controversial trial of American student Jessica Fuller for the murder of her flatmate Elizabeth Pryce. To help with his research, Simone takes Thomas to Siena, where he is disturbed by the media frenzy that has developed around the case.
After visiting the crime scene, Thomas, who is separated from his wife and daughter, begins to question not only the motives of the people around him, from the financiers of the film to the press corps, but also his own. As Thomas descends into his own personal torment, he is rescued by his friendship with a young, guileless British student, Melanie (Delevingne).
Through Melanie he begins to realise that he no longer wants to make a film about violence and guilt - he wants to make a film about love and innocence. He wants to make a film that will honour the victim, that will focus on the life, the love and the happiness that have been taken from her.