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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Sometimes the only way to move forward is to go back.

20066.51h 44m

Overview

Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to return home and visit his ailing father. Dito recalls his childhood growing up in a violent neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., with friends Antonio, Giuseppe, Nerf and Mike.

Directed by Dito Montiel
Written by Dito Montiel
Produced by Robert Downey Jr., Clara Markowicz, Trudie Styler
Box Office0Revenue: $516K

Top Cast

Shia LaBeouf

Shia LaBeouf

Young Dito

Channing Tatum

Channing Tatum

Young Antonio

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr.

Dito

Rosario Dawson

Rosario Dawson

Laurie

Melonie Díaz

Melonie Díaz

Young Laurie

Chazz Palminteri

Chazz Palminteri

Monty

Dianne Wiest

Dianne Wiest

Dito's Mother

Martin Compston

Martin Compston

Mike O'Shea

Olga Merediz

Olga Merediz

Aunt Mary

Laila Liliana Garro

Laila Liliana Garro

Diane

Themes & Keywords

authorretrospectivechildhood

About A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints is a crime, drama film released in 2006 exploring themes of author, retrospective, childhood. Directed by Dito Montiel, it stars Shia LaBeouf, Channing Tatum, Robert Downey Jr.. Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to return home and visit his ailing father. Dito recalls his childhood growing up in a violent neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., with friends Antonio, Giuseppe, Nerf and Mike.

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