''Angel Rodriguez'' is a 2005 American television film, that showed at the

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under the title ''Angel''. HBO picked up the film and released it under the longer name both on their movie channel and on DVD.

Premise

Angel (Jonan Everett) is a troubled teen in

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, 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 (

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) who has her own problems. He later tries to find support and shelter with friends from his school, and eventually attempting to find a way to get by on his own.

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* * 2005 films HBO Films films American drama television films 2005 drama films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{drama-film-stub