The Angel is an Israeli spy thriller film directed by Ariel Vromen and starring Marwan Kenzari and Toby Kebbell among others.

During the Six-Day War in 1967, Israel conquers and occupies large areas of land, including the Sinai Peninsula which then (and now) belonged to Egypt.

On September 3, 1973, Ashraf Marwan meets Arab terrorists outside Rome International Airport, with a missile launcher that he smuggled into Italy in his suitcase.

He tells the terrorists that he must leave immediately, as he is an Egyptian diplomat who cannot be discovered at the place of the attack, while the insurgents aim the launcher at a commercial airliner that is heading to Israel.

Three years earlier, in 1970, Ashraf lived and studied in London with his wife, Mona, the daughter of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, and their son.

His family life suffers from his political career, although Ashraf finds time to read his son a bedtime story, The Boy Who Cried Wolf.

Back at Rome International Airport on September 3, 1973, Ashraf removed a pin from the missile launcher before giving it to the terrorists, rendering it ineffective.

Years later, Alex meets Ashraf, gifts him a copy of Aesop's Fables and informs him that he has recognized the Boy Who Cried Wolf strategy.

On 5 May 2017, it was announced that Marwan Kenzari was set to star in The Angel for director Ariel Vromen from a screenplay by David Arata, with Netflix distributing the film.