Angel
A stylish period piece boasting solid performances, colorful visuals and a terrific vintage soundtrack.
El Angel
Buenos Aires, 1971. Carlitos (Lorenzo Ferro) is a seventeen-year-old with movie star swagger, blond curls and a baby face. As a young boy, he coveted other people’s things, but it wasn’t until his early adolescence that his true calling — to be a thief — manifested itself. When he meets Ramon at his new school, Carlitos is immediately drawn to him and starts showing off to get his attention. Together they will embark on a journey of discovery, love and crime. Killing is just a random offshoot of the violence, which continues to escalate until Carlitos is finally apprehended. Because of his angelic appearance, the press dubs Carlitos “The Angel of Death.” Showered with attention because of his beauty, he becomes an overnight celebrity. Altogether, he is believed to have committed over forty thefts and eleven homicides.
Genre
Bio-pic,
Crime,
Drama
Runtime
115
Language
Spanish
Director
Luis Ortega
Writer(s)
Luis Ortega,
Rodolfo Palacios,
Sergio Olguín
Cast
Chino Darín,
Mercedes Morán,
Luis Gnecco,
Peter Lanzani,
Cecilia Roth
Awards:
Nominee, Queer Palm, Cannes Film Festival
Nominee, Un Certain Regard ~ Avenir Prize, Cannes Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times
A pillow-lipped, golden-tressed teenage boy saunters up to a palatial Buenos Aires home and casually hops the fence. He enters through an open sliding door, helps himself to a drink, fingers the jewelry and wanders around with a kind of entitled insouciance. He puts on a record and begins to dance ...
Played at
Glendale 11.16.18 - 11.22.18
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