Angel Face

Angel Face manages to frame an unstable relationship in a way that allows each suffering party to face their own vices, instead of only showing their mutual combustion.

If you're going to shoot 80 percent of a film in extreme close-up, strictly training the camera on an actor's face at the expense of everything around her, you better make damn well sure you give us an interesting character to consider.

Angel Face lacks shading, pacing and nuance.

Not very convincingly, mother and daughter try to find a place in a world denied for people like them [Full Review in Spanish]