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El Angel

Inspired by true events.

7.4(592)20181h 55m2

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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Status
Released
Budget
$3M
Box office
$10.5M
Language
Spanish
  • 1970s
  • based on true story
  • male homosexuality
  • argentina
  • lgbt
  • bisexual man
  • teenage gang
  • armed robbery
  • gay theme

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Luis Ortega

Music

Moondog

Produced in

Argentina, Spain

Where to watch

Availability for United States. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereFantastic Fest20 Sept 2018
    • TheatricalNR9 Nov 2018
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical169 Aug 2018
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical18 Apr 2019
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical11 Apr 2019
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival11 May 2018
    • TheatricalU9 Jan 2019
    • Digital / OTTVOD4 Jun 2019
    • PhysicalDVD5 Jun 2019
    • Digital / OTTUPrime Video9 Jan 2022
  • GermanyDE

    • Physical1627 Jun 2019
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical28 Mar 2019
  • Hong KongHK

    • TheatricalIII24 Mar 2019
  • HungaryHU

    • Digital / OTT1624 Oct 2019
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical30 May 2019
  • JapanJP

    • Digital / OTTR15+16 Aug 2019
  • PolandPL

    • Theatrical161 Feb 2019

Frequently asked questions

El Angel was released on 9 August 2018.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    5/23/2024

    7/10

    Lorenzo Ferro really does deliver well here and is pretty convincing as the curly-haired, butter-wouldn't-melt, Argentinian lad (Carlos) who at the age of seventeen already had his parent's piano stuffed full of ill-gotten pesos. His childhood within a respectable family suggested nothing out of the ordinary til he went to school and met the charismatic petty crook Ramón (Chino Darín). He is infatuated, and there's p…

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