Ángel Fernández Franco

Ángel Fernández Franco

Born: January 22, 1960
Died: February 26, 1991
in Barcelona
Ángel Fernández Franco más conocido como el Torete o el Trompetilla fue un delincuente y actor español que alcanzó la fama actuando en la trilogía de Perros callejeros. Tras una carrera de delincuencia, El Torete participó como actor del denominado cine quinqui, llegando a lo más alto de su carrera actoral bajo la dirección de José Antonio de la Loma. Para muchos fue el máximo exponente de este género, y no cabe duda que su interpretación le daba a ese cine la fuerza necesaria para ser algo más que simples películas. En 1977, con Perros callejeros, le llegó la popularidad y fama que seguirían con la película Perros callejeros II (1979) y Los últimos golpes de El Torete, (1980). En las tres películas también actúa junto a él su hermano Basilio Fernández Franco, muerto en 1995. Toda la saga fue ilustrada musicalmente por grupos de rumba, como Los Chichos, Los Chunguitos o Bordón 4. Este último grupo le dedicó su tema "Al Torete". En 1985 participó como actor en la película "Yo, el Vaquilla", esta vez interpretando al abogado de "El Vaquilla". Falleció a causa del sida en 1991 y está enterrado en un nicho del Cementerio de Montjuïc, en Barcelona.

Movies for Ángel Fernández Franco...

Blood In The Streets: The Quinqui Film Phenomenon
Title: Blood In The Streets: The Quinqui Film Phenomenon
Released: August 24, 2021
Type: Movie
Quinqui cinema encompassed a series of Spanish crime films with a unique national sensibility, as they reflected the times of the Franco dictatorship transition. Guided by academics Mery Cuesta and Tom Whittaker, this featurette explores this explosive subgenre.
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I, 'The Heifer'
Title: I, 'The Heifer'
Character: Abogado (as Angel Fernandez Franco 'El Torete')
Released: November 8, 1985
Type: Movie
Juan Jose Moreno Cuenca, alias the Heifer, is 23 years old and tells his story as a criminal offender from 1 Ocaña Toledo. Fatherless, the offender has his childhood and how everything changed when her mother went to prison.
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The Latest Scams of 'El Torete'
Title: The Latest Scams of 'El Torete'
Character: El Torete
Released: September 25, 1980
Type: Movie
While the Torete rob banks, the Heifer, another delinquent who has not noticed it, enters the same place to rob him. After failing the coup, both decide to associate.
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Street Warriors II
Title: Street Warriors II
Character: El Torete
Released: October 8, 1979
Type: Movie
A veteran policeman named Fernando feels a lot of hatred against Ángel because the boy ran him over with a car leaving him lame. Now Fernando accuses the young crook of having participated in a robbery at a gas station in which a murder has occurred. Helped by his friends, Ángel rebuilds the facts that serve him as an alibi, but while he is in pre-trial detention in La Modelo prison (Barcelona) a terrible mutiny will take place.
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Street Warriors
Title: Street Warriors
Character: El Torete
Released: December 23, 1977
Type: Movie
Perros Callejeros is based on the juvenile delinquency of the 1970s and 80s in Spain. The story is set in Barrio de la Mina in Barcelona one of the most conflict neighbourhoods in Spain. The characters chosen were real juvenile delinquents all with criminal records, which the director used to give the film a realistic touch. This film is very powerful and dramatic, it shows how these kids were brought up to survive on the streets.