Cara Delevingne takes the spotlight alongside Daniel Bruhl and Kate Beckinsale in the new trailer for The Face Of An Angel.

The 22-year-old model makes her first major big screen acting role in Michael Winterbottom’s movie, based on the Amanda Knox trial.

Set in Siena, Italy, the story follows a fictional case of an American student on trial for killing her British flatmate, but is based on the murder of Meredith Kercher, to whom the film is dedicated.

Cara plays British student Melanie who befriends film director Thomas Lang (Daniel) while he is researching the case, with Kate portraying an American journalist who has written a book about the trial.

Cara plays Melanie in Face Of An Angel (Soda Pictures)
Cara plays Melanie in Face Of An Angel (Soda Pictures)

The Face Of An Angel, which premiered at the BFI London Film Festival last October, will open in UK cinemas on March 27.