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El Angel

El Angel

Drama · Crime · 2018

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1971. Carlos Robledo Puch is a 19-year-old boy with an angelic face, but a vocational thief as well, who acts ruthlessly, without remorse. When he meets Ramón, they follow together a dark path of crime and death.

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El Angel

“Inspired by true events.”

2018 Drama · Crime 1h 55m

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TMDB

7.4 / 10

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Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1971. Carlos Robledo Puch is a 19-year-old boy with an angelic face, but a vocational thief as well, who acts ruthlessly, without remorse. When he meets Ramón, they follow together a dark path of crime and death.

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Directed by

Luis Ortega

Written by

Luis Ortega · Rodolfo Palacios · Sergio Olguín

Lorenzo Ferro

Lorenzo Ferro

Carlitos

Chino Darín

Chino Darín

Ramón

Mercedes Morán

Mercedes Morán

Ana María

Daniel Fanego

Daniel Fanego

José

Luis Gnecco

Luis Gnecco

Héctor

Cecilia Roth

Cecilia Roth

Aurora

Malena Villa

Malena Villa

Twins

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Put El Angel on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Auteur Devotee

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.