El angel (2018) directed by Luis Ortega is a biographical crime drama film. It is inspired by the true story of Argentine serial killer Carlos Robledo Puch (or "The Angel of Death" and "The Black Angel") who has been in prison since 1973 and is the longest-serving prisoner in Argentina.
Lorenzo Ferro is great as the baby-faced killer with his innocent charisma and the cleverness and, yes, the dance moves. His performance is quite impressive and for all I know this is his first role in a movie. He surely did an outstanding work giving us that image of a beautiful and dangerous boy, the boy that we not truly understand and yet can't keep our eyes off. And speaking of the rest of the cast - they were great too. Chino Darin, Cecilia Roth, Peter Lanzani, Daniel Fanego and Mercedes Moran - they all worked together and seem to put the souls into the movie.
The film is effective in recreating the style and atmosphere of 1970s Buenos Aires, the picture looks stunning/stylish and the storyline is interesting/entertaining and I very much liked kind of circular plot structure. And of course I should not forget to mention the amazing soundtrack. So everything works here: the script, the actors, the camera guy, the directing is great, the soundtrack is great, the style is and so on.
For a stylised bit of criminal drama based on real-life events, this one's pretty well done and simply one of the best movies I've ever watched.
