El Angel

Aug 9, 2018

1h 55m

★ 7.4

Inspired by true events.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

El Deseo

K & S Films

INCAA

Underground Producciones

Telefe

TVE

El Angel Trailers

Cast

Carlitos

Lorenzo Ferro

Ramón

Chino Darín

Ana María

Mercedes Morán

José

Daniel Fanego

Héctor

Luis Gnecco

Aurora

Cecilia Roth

Twins

Malena Villa

'Federica'

William Prociuk

Police Commissioner

Marcelo D'Andrea

Miguel Prieto

Peter Lanzani

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