In this portrait of Carlos Robledo, there is no connection to the Argentine socio-political and economic crisis of 1971, when the country was subjugated by the first of the dictatorships that have harassed that republic, and insurrections and guerrillas had increased. In fact, this "invention" that Ferro interprets (very well, it must be said, considering that he had no acting experience) seems like a rational boy, aware of his capacities and qualities and with a not-too-hidden emotional streak, that easily surfaces in several scenes, when it is the turn of melodrama. The script paints him as a cute psychopath, but does not give us clues or evidence of his maladjustments, concentrating instead on the full lips of Guillermo Ferro, the actor who plays him. The real life of Carlos Robledo Puch, as anyone can read in the annals of Argentine crime (via the internet), was more violent, morbid and marginal than what is described in the film. But what «El ángel» omits is grave, only to sell us the pretty face of a young actor, put the killer's sexuality on the front page and emphasizes (a bit too much) his ambiguity, since the affairs of theGBTQ+ community are fashionable, and the unrepentant Pedro Almodóvar is listed among the producers.
«El ángel» is a gruesome, morbid and prudish film, which does not confront what it proposes nor does it portray what it suggests, turning the best-known serial killer in the criminal history of Argentina into a young boy with voluptuous roundness, who enters and leaves the houses of the rich and businesses with ease, who kills in cold blood and carries out robberies à la carte. Reviewed by EdgarST 5 / 10 The "Killer with a Woman's Face" Today, after more than forty-six years in jail, Carlos Robledo Puch is the longest- serving prisoner in the history of Argentina.-Dane Altogether, he is believed to have committed over forty thefts and eleven homicides. 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. Killing is just a random offshoot of the violence, which continues to escalate until Carlitos is finally apprehended.
Together they will embark on a journey of discoveries, love and crime. When he meets Ramon at his new school, Carlitos is immediately drawn to him and starts showing off to get his attention. 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. Carlitos is a seventeen-year-old youth with movie star swagger, blond curls and a baby face.
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