
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Sometimes the only way to move forward is to go back.
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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About A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
- Directors
- Dito Montiel
- Cast
- Robert Downey Jr., Shia LaBeouf, Chazz Palminteri, Dianne Wiest, Channing Tatum, Melonie Díaz
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Content rating
- R
- Original language
- English
- Production countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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