Ángel (film)

Ángel
Miguelángel Suárez
Music by	Pedro Rivera Toledo
Production company	Cinesí
Release date	August 16, 2007
Running time	147 minutes
Country	Puerto Rico
Language	Spanish

Ángel is a 2007 Puerto Rican film written and directed by Jacobo Morales. Morales also performs one of the lead roles in the film. The film was released on August 16, 2007, in Puerto Rico. It was produced by Cinesí Productions.

Plot

The film follows the actions of a corrupt police captain, the title-character Ángel Lugo, performed by

wife (Sara Jarque).

After 15 years in a

.

Meanwhile, Lugo is still trying to keep his involvement in Farías' case and other wrongdoings under wraps. To accomplish it, he

his accomplice Villanueva (José Félix Gómez) into helping him. Villanueva is now having second thoughts about his involvement and only wants to protect his wife and grandson.

Involved in everything is a female reporter, Julia Norat (Yamaris Latorre), who receives exclusive information from Lugo and has also become his lover. However, upon meeting Farías, Norat is quickly charmed by him.

Cast

• Braulio Castillo, hijo
  - Captain Ángel Lugo
• Jacobo Morales - Mariano Farías
• Yamaris Latorre - Julia Norat
• José Félix Gómez - Sergeant José "Cheo" Villanueva
• Miguel Ángel Suárez - Juan S. Miranda

Awards

The film was considered, among four other films, to be submitted for the

).

See also

• Cinema of Puerto Rico
• List of films set in Puerto Rico

References

• Maldeamores selected as Puerto Rican candidate for the Academy Award in Primera Hora .

External links

• Alexis Sebastián Méndez (August 16, 2007). ""Ángel" destapa el abuso policial". Primera Hora. Archived from the original on 2014-04-21.
• Review in El Nuevo Día (Juanma Fernández París)
• Film page in
  MySpace