A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Sep 29, 2006

1h 44m

★ 6.5

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

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Belladonna Productions

Original Media

Xingu Films

Metropolitan Filmexport

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Cast

Young Dito

Shia LaBeouf

Young Antonio

Channing Tatum

Dito

Robert Downey Jr.

Laurie

Rosario Dawson

Young Laurie

Melonie Díaz

Monty

Chazz Palminteri

Dito's Mother

Dianne Wiest

Mike O'Shea

Martin Compston

Aunt Mary

Olga Merediz

Diane

Laila Liliana Garro

Jenny

Eléonore Hendricks

Guiseppe

Adam Scarimbolo

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