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Released
2018 · FILM

El Angel

A 19-year-old with an angelic face and a devilish streak descends into a spiral of crime and violence in 1970s Buenos Aires, blurring the line between chaos and control.

“Inspired by true events.”

Directed by
Luis Ortega
Written by
Luis Ortega, Rodolfo Palacios
Runtime
115 min
Language
ES
BiographyCrimeDrama
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

In 1971, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Carlos Robledo Puch is a 19-year-old with an angelic appearance but a history of theft and a tendency to act without remorse. He meets Ramón, and together they embark on a path of criminal activity and violence.

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Principal cast & crew: 21

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Guille GattiShot by Julian ApezteguiaDesigned by Julia Freid

Box Office

2018 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.5× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$10.5M

Budget$3.0M
Worldwide gross$10.5M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $32K

Peak 2 theaters

Also known as

  • Der Schwarze Engelde
  • The Angelen
  • L'Angefr
  • L'angelo del crimineit

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