Ángel Manuel Soto

Ángel Manuel Soto (born January 28, 1983) is a Puerto Rican filmmaker. He is best known for directing Charm City Kings (2020) and the DC Studios film Blue Beetle (2023).

The Farm (2015)

A promising young boxer, a barren midwife, and a fat kid with a bike: three intersecting stories about the pursuit of happiness and it's unanticipated consequences during the economic collapse of the island of Puerto Rico.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ángel Manuel Soto
CAST:  Jazmin Caratini  •  Amneris Morales  •  Carlos Esteban Fonseca  •  Wilfred Omar Perez

A promising young boxer, a barren midwife, and a fat kid with a bike: three intersecting stories about the pursuit of happiness and it's unanticipated consequences during the economic collapse of the island of Puerto Rico.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ángel Manuel Soto
CAST:  Jazmin Caratini  •  Amneris Morales  •  Carlos Esteban Fonseca  •  Wilfred Omar Perez

El púgil (2013)

El púgil (púgil literally means a punching gladiator) is a close look at boxer Angel “Tito” Acosta from Barrio Obrero in Santurce. Though he didn’t have the cash to finish school, he shares his life passion and where it has taken him, like representing his country ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ángel Manuel Soto
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El púgil (púgil literally means a punching gladiator) is a close look at boxer Angel “Tito” Acosta from Barrio Obrero in Santurce. Though he didn’t have the cash to finish school, he shares his life passion and where it has taken him, like representing his country ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ángel Manuel Soto
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La carta (2011)

An unusually common love story about a boy's search for inspiration to write a love letter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ángel Manuel Soto
CAST:  Marisé Álvarez  •  Aleck Bianchi Canales  •  Leonardo Castro Sitiriche  •  Itxaro Iribarren López

An unusually common love story about a boy's search for inspiration to write a love letter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ángel Manuel Soto
CAST:  Marisé Álvarez  •  Aleck Bianchi Canales  •  Leonardo Castro Sitiriche  •  Itxaro Iribarren López

En la privacidad de mi hogar (2011)

A violent secret lingers underneath layers of make-up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ángel Manuel Soto
CAST:  Maria Coral

A violent secret lingers underneath layers of make-up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ángel Manuel Soto
CAST:  Maria Coral

22 Weeks (2009)

A young woman is locked in the bathroom of an abortion clinic after her aborted baby is born alive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ángel Manuel Soto
CAST:  Natalie Wenninger  •  Lizzy Salazar  •  Jackie McLeod  •  KC Green

A young woman is locked in the bathroom of an abortion clinic after her aborted baby is born alive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ángel Manuel Soto
CAST:  Natalie Wenninger  •  Lizzy Salazar  •  Jackie McLeod  •  KC Green

Dinner Party (2018)

A VR film about the Betty and Barnet abduction  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ángel Manuel Soto
CAST:  Malcolm Barrett  •  Sarah Sokolovic

A VR film about the Betty and Barnet abduction  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ángel Manuel Soto
CAST:  Malcolm Barrett  •  Sarah Sokolovic

Charm City Kings (2020)

Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse under his wing, Mouse soon finds himself torn between the straight-and-narrow and a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ángel Manuel Soto
CAST:  Teyonah Parris  •  Jahi Di'Allo Winston  •  William Catlett  •  Meek Mill

Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse under his wing, Mouse soon finds himself torn between the straight-and-narrow and a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ángel Manuel Soto
CAST:  Teyonah Parris  •  Jahi Di'Allo Winston  •  William Catlett  •  Meek Mill

Blue Beetle (2023)

Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ángel Manuel Soto
CAST:  Xolo Mariduena  •  Bruna Marquezine  •  Belissa Escobedo  •  Harvey Guillén

Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ángel Manuel Soto
CAST:  Xolo Mariduena  •  Bruna Marquezine  •  Belissa Escobedo  •  Harvey Guillén

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