A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)

Directed by

Dito Montiel

Genre

drama film, biographical film, crime film, coming-of-age film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 349 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man looks back on his rough teenage years growing up in a Queens neighborhood in the 1980s. The story shifts between the present and flashbacks, showing how his friends and family shaped him.

nostalgicrawgrittyfragmentedpersonalbittersweeturban

What happens

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints is a 2006 American drama film based on a 2001 memoir of the same name by author, director, and musician Dito Montiel, which describes his youth in Astoria, Queens, New York, during the 1980s. Montiel wrote and directed the film adaptation, which was released in the United States in September 2006 and in Europe in March 2007. The film stars Robert Downey Jr. as Montiel with Shia LaBeouf as a younger Montiel. The film's narrative jumps frequently between 2005 and flashbacks from 1986 (filmed largely with shaky camera with short shots) with characters occasionally "breaking the fourth wall," i.e., addressing the viewer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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