Angel Rodriguez

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This article is about the film. For the rugby league player, see Angel Rodriguez (rugby league). For other people with this name, see Ángel Rodríguez.

Angel Rodriguez
DVD cover
Directed by	Jim McKay
Produced by	Paul S. Mezey & Becky Glupczynski (line)
Written by	Jim McKay & Hannah Weyer
Starring	Jonan Everett, Rachel Griffiths
Cinematography	Chad Davidson
Editing by	Alexander Hall
Distributed by	HBO
Release date(s)	2005-09-15
Running time	87 min.
Country	U.S.A.
Language	English
IMDb profile

Angel Rodriguez is a 2005 film, that showed at the Toronto International Film Festival under the title Angel. HBO picked up the film and released it under the longer name both on their movie channel and on DVD.

[edit] Plot

Angel (Jonan Everett) is a troubled teen in Brooklyn, New York, who is homeless after being kicked out by his father. He is—for a while—taken in by a kind-hearted social worker (Rachel Griffiths) who has her own problems.

He later tries to find shelter with friends from school, while trying to find a way to get by on his own.