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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

# Sometimes the only way to move forward is to go back.
Crime   Drama
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: Spanish , English
📆 Date Released: 2006-09-29
⌚ Running Time: 104 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.477

Beloved Cast

Shia LaBeouf original image
Young Dito
Shia LaBeouf
Channing Tatum original image
Young Antonio
Channing Tatum
Robert Downey Jr. original image
Dito
Robert Downey Jr.
Rosario Dawson original image
Laurie
Rosario Dawson
Melonie Diaz original image
Young Laurie
Melonie Diaz
Chazz Palminteri original image
Monty
Chazz Palminteri
Dianne Wiest original image
Dito's Mother
Dianne Wiest
Martin Compston original image
Mike O'Shea
Martin Compston
Olga Merediz original image
Aunt Mary
Olga Merediz
Laila Liliana Garro original image
Diane
Laila Liliana Garro
Eléonore Hendricks original image
Jenny
Eléonore Hendricks
Adam Scarimbolo original image
Guiseppe
Adam Scarimbolo
Federico Castelluccio original image
Antonio's Father
Federico Castelluccio
Chance Kelly original image
Prison Guard
Chance Kelly
Gilbert Cruz original image
Queensbridge Bodega Man
Gilbert Cruz
Scott Michael Campbell original image
Nerf
Scott Michael Campbell
Eric Roberts original image
Antonio
Eric Roberts
Peter Anthony Tambakis original image
Young Nerf
Peter Anthony Tambakis
Jermel Wilson original image
Jermel Wilson

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