

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
2006-09-29 · 104 min · ★ 6.5
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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- Directors
- Dito Montiel
- Production companies
- Belladonna Productions, Original Media, Xingu Films, Metropolitan Filmexport
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 516,139
Top Cast
Robert Downey Jr.Dito
Shia LaBeoufYoung Dito
Chazz PalminteriMonty
Dianne WiestDito's Mother
Channing TatumYoung Antonio
Melonie DíazYoung Laurie
Martin CompstonMike O'Shea
Eric RobertsAntonio
Rosario DawsonLaurie
Olga MeredizAunt Mary
Adam ScarimboloGuiseppe
Laila Liliana GarroDiane
Peter Anthony TambakisYoung Nerf
Scott Michael CampbellNerf
Anthony DeSandoFrank the Dog Walker
Eléonore HendricksJenny
George DiCenzoUncle George
Tibor FeldmanTeacher
Federico CastelluccioAntonio's Father
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