El Angel

Name: El Angel
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2018-08-09
Duration: 1 h 55 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Lorenzo Ferro, Chino Darín, Mercedes Morán, Daniel Fanego, Luis Gnecco

2018·Movie·NR·115 min·★ 7.4(577)

Drama Crime More Spanish titles

“Inspired by true events.”

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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About El Angel

El Angel is a 2018 Spanish-language drama and crime film directed by Luis Ortega. The cast is led by Lorenzo Ferro, Chino Darín, Mercedes Morán. It has a runtime of 1h 55m. Viewers rate it 7.4/10 across 600 ratings. In United States, it is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, The Roku Channel.

El Angel was produced by El Deseo, K & S Films, and INCAA and made in Argentina and Spain. It was released on August 9, 2018, and carries a NR certification. Made on a budget of about $3 million, it went on to gross $10 million worldwide.

Director: Luis Ortega
Writers: Luis Ortega, Rodolfo Palacios, Sergio Olguín
Release date: August 9, 2018
Original language: Spanish
Age rating: NR
Status: Released
Country: Argentina, Spain
Budget: $3 million
Box office: $10 million
Production: El Deseo, K & S Films, INCAA

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El Angel cast & crew

El Angel was directed by Luis Ortega and written by Luis Ortega, Rodolfo Palacios, and Sergio Olguín.

The cast features Lorenzo Ferro as Carlitos, Chino Darín as Ramón, Mercedes Morán as Ana María, Daniel Fanego as José, Luis Gnecco as Héctor, and Cecilia Roth as Aurora.

Behind the camera, the score was composed by Moondog, cinematography is by Daniel Ortega, and it was produced by Javier Braier and Hugo Sigman.

Is El Angel worth watching?

El Angel holds an audience score of 7.4/10 from 577 ratings, marking it as well-reviewed drama films.

At 1h 55m, it's a standard feature-length watch.

If you enjoy drama and crime, El Angel is worth a place on your watchlist.

How and where to watch El Angel

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