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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints is a 2006 Coming of Age Story, based on director Dito Montiel's memoirs of his childhood in Astoria, New York. The film has two narratives - the present day in 2005 and Dito's teen years in 1986. Dito in the present day is now a successful musician and writer but has been estranged from his family for fifteen ...
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Sep 29, 2006 · 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. Dito Montiel. Director, Novel, Screenplay.
Sep 29, 2006 · 4 out of 5 Stars, 8/10 Score. A fairly conventional coming-of-age story told in exceedingly unconventional fashion, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints is set against the gritty backdrop of Astoria ...
A bloody and gripping coming-of-age drama about breaking out and finding your own way in life. With lively performances from Robert Downey Jr. & Channing Tatum, A Guide… presents a strong directorial debut from Dito Montiel, who also wrote the autobiographical book the film is based on.
Feb 20, 2007 · A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints is the winner of both the Dramatic Directing Award and a Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Performance at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. A coming-of-age drama about writer/director Dito Montiel's youth, the film captures the mid-1980s in the toughest neighborhood of Astoria, Queens.
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints As his friends end up dead, on drugs or in prison, he comes to believe he has been saved from their fates by various so-called saints. 1 h 35 min 2006
