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Release Date: 2012
Cast: Julia Garro, Eric Roberts, Martin Compston, Melonie Diaz, Eléonore Hendricks, Anthony Tirado, Channing Tatum, Peter Anthony Tambakis, Erick Rosado, Adam Scarimbolo, Chazz Palminteri, Dianne Wiest ...MORE
Cast: Julia Garro, Eric Roberts, Martin Compston, Melonie Diaz, Eléonore Hendricks, Anthony Tirado, Channing Tatum, Peter Anthony Tambakis, Erick Rosado, Adam Scarimbolo, Chazz Palminteri, Dianne Wiest, Rosario Dawson, Shia LaBeouf, Robert Downey Jr., Tibor Feldman ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Crime Fiction, Indie, Coming Of Age, Drama Film
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints is a 2006 American drama film based on a 2001 memoir of the same name by author and musician Dito Montiel, which describes his youth in Astoria, New York during the 1980s. Montiel wrote and directed the film adaptation, which was released in the United States in September and October 2006 and in Europe in March 2007. The film stars Robert Downey, Jr. as Montiel with Shia LaBeouf as a younger Montiel.
The film's narrative jumps frequently between 2006 and flashbacks from 1986 (filmed largely with shaky camera with short shots) with characters occasionally... MORE
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints is a 2006 American drama film based on a 2001 memoir of the same name by author and musician Dito Montiel, which describes his youth in Astoria, New York during the 1980s. Montiel wrote and directed the film adaptation, which was released in the United States in September and October 2006 and in Europe in March 2007. The film stars Robert Downey, Jr. as Montiel with Shia LaBeouf as a younger Montiel.
The film's narrative jumps frequently between 2006 and flashbacks from 1986 (filmed largely with shaky camera with short shots) with characters occasionally addressing the viewer.
Dito (Robert Downey Jr.) is a successful writer in Los Angeles. One day, after being urged by his mother, Flori (Dianne Wiest), and his friend, Nerf (Scott Campbell), Dito visits his childhood home, Astoria, New York, because his father has suddenly become very ill. The film switches back and forth between the present and flashbacks with Dito's memories in the summer of 1986.
Dito meets Nerf, and talks with him in a parked car, where they can talk undisturbed, which would not have been possible at Nerf's house. Dito then visits Laurie (Rosario Dawson), his childhood LESS
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