Angelino Fons was born on 6 March 1936 in Madrid, just months before the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.
[1] Angelino Fons began his professional career with his graduation short film A este lado del muro (This side of the wall) based on the novel Las Afueras (The outskirtss) written by Luis Goytisolo.
Fons worked as assistant director to Marco Ferreri in the classical comedy El cochecito (1960).
[1] Fons made his own directorial debut in 1966 with La Busca (The Search), a modern-day adaptation of a novel written by Pio Baroja, marked by a sense of critical realism reminiscent of Miguel Picazo’s La Tía Tula (Aunt Tula).
Fons directed another Perez Galdós adaptation the following year, Marianella (1972), but it was becoming increasingly apparent to critics and audiences that the promise shown in his first film had largely dissipated.