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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints(2006)
Status: Released
Date: 2006-09-29
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315 Votes
Time: 1h 44m
Sometimes the only way to move forward is to go back.
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: Spanish, English.
Countries:
United States of America
Revenue: $516,139.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Belladonna Productions
Original Media
Xingu Films
Movie: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Top 10 Billed Cast
Shia LaBeouf
Young Dito
Channing Tatum
Young Antonio
Robert Downey Jr.
Dito
Rosario Dawson
Laurie
Melonie Díaz
Young Laurie
Chazz Palminteri
Monty
Dianne Wiest
Dito's Mother
Martin Compston
Mike O'Shea
Olga Merediz
Aunt Mary
Laila Liliana Garro
Diane
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