The Face of an Angel (2014)

Veteran indie director Michael Winterbottom helms this fictionalized version of the Amanda Knox murder case, adapted from the real-life nonfiction account "Angel Face: Sex, Murder and the Inside Story of Amanda Knox" by journalist Barbie Latza Nadeau, here portrayed as Simone Ford by Kate Beckinsale. After the murder of a British student in Tuscany leads to the trial and conviction of her American flat mate and Italian boyfriend, a media circus erupts, attracting the attention of Thomas, a once successful filmmaker played by Daniel Bruhl. Before you can say "that's so metta" Thomas and Simone are off to Siena, where he spirals into a personal and professional hell, as scenes from the script he's writing become enacted on screen. While Beckinsale keeps things business casual here, Thomas thankfully takes time out of his drug-addled writer's block to shack up with English student, Melanie, played by model Cara Delevingne in her screen acting debut. Delevingne stays covered but briefly strips to her bra and panties before taking a dip. The film's sole nudity credit here goes to British/Irish actress Rosie Fellner, who flashes her right side boob while riding a guy. Given the salacious source material and Winterbottom's history with graphic unsimulated sex ("9 Songs") The Face of an Angel's "true crime" is it's ponderous lack of skin.