El Angel
6.9
“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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Cast
12 people
Lorenzo Ferro
Carlitos
Known for
Narcos: Mexico
El marginal
Juan Pedro Lanzani
Miguel Prieto
Chino Darín
Ramón
Known for
Mirage
Heroic Losers
Mercedes Morán
Ana María
Known for
Maradona, Blessed Dream
The Motorcycle Diaries
Daniel Fanego
José
Known for
Coven
Epitaphs
Luis Gnecco
Héctor
Known for
La jauría
El Presidente
Cecilia Roth
Aurora
Known for
All About My Mother
The Crimes That Bind
Malena Villa
Twins
Known for
The Wailing
The Beloved
William Prociuk
'Federica'
Known for
Grey Eyes
Mar.IA
Marcelo D'Andrea
Police Commissioner
Known for
El marginal
The Distinguished Citizen
Peter Lanzani
Miguel Prieto
Known for
Maradona, Blessed Dream
Argentina 1985
Fernando Contigiani García
Pibe Kiosko 1
Known for
Society of the Snow
Apache: The Life of Carlos Tevez
Luis Ortega Director · Sergio Olguín Screenplay Rodolfo Palacios Screenplay
Worldwide gross $10M · Budget $3M · United States release November 9, 2018
Box office
Budget
$3,000,000
Worldwide gross
$10,452,324
Gross vs. budget
3.5×
Production
El Deseo
Production
K & S Films
Production
INCAA
Production
Underground Producciones
Production
Telefe
Production
TVE
Production
Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales
Production
Argentina · Spain
Produced in
Languages
Original title
El Ángel
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
France · May 11, 2018
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Argentina · August 9, 2018
Theatrical
United States · November 9, 2018
Theatrical
United States
September 20, 2018 · Premiere · Fantastic Fest
Brazil
April 18, 2019 · Theatrical
Denmark
April 11, 2019 · Theatrical
France
January 9, 2019 · Theatrical
June 4, 2019 · Digital · VOD
June 5, 2019 · Physical · DVD
January 9, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
Germany
June 27, 2019 · Physical
Greece
March 28, 2019 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
March 24, 2019 · Theatrical
Hungary
October 24, 2019 · Digital
Italy
May 30, 2019 · Theatrical
Japan
August 16, 2019 · Digital
Poland
February 1, 2019 · Theatrical
Russia
September 17, 2018 · Premiere · Message to Man Film Festival
January 31, 2019 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 5, 2018 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
September 2, 2021 · Digital · TVING
Spain
September 28, 2018 · Premiere · Donostia-SS Film Festival
October 12, 2018 · Premiere · Sitges Film Festival
October 31, 2018 · Theatrical
February 21, 2019 · Digital
Sweden
May 10, 2019 · Theatrical
Switzerland
September 28, 2018 · Digital
Ukraine
January 10, 2019 · Theatrical
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