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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
🎬 Movie

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

2006 · 104 min Crime Drama
6.5 / 10 · TMDB

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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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

The director bets on details: a gesture, a glance, a pause. In a good drama this is what says the most — and that principle is upheld here.

Worth watching if you're in the mood for serious cinema. Not background viewing — it demands attention.

For viewers who can watch slow cinema and value the human element in stories.

Director: Dito Montiel

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: In quiet, in the evening. Better alone or with someone who watches films seriously.

🎭 Cast

Shia LaBeouf

Shia LaBeouf

Young Dito

Channing Tatum

Channing Tatum

Young Antonio

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr.

Dito

Rosario Dawson

Rosario Dawson

Laurie

Melonie Díaz

Melonie Díaz

Young Laurie

Chazz Palminteri

Chazz Palminteri

Monty

Dianne Wiest

Dianne Wiest

Dito's Mother

Martin Compston

Martin Compston

Mike O'Shea

Olga Merediz

Olga Merediz

Aunt Mary

Laila Liliana Garro

Laila Liliana Garro

Diane

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