A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
(2006)
★ 6.5 IMDb · 354 votes
Year: 2006
Runtime: 100 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Dito Montiel
Cast: Роберт Дауни мл., Шайа ЛаБаф, Чезз Палминтери, Дайан Уист, Ченнинг Татум, Мелони Диас, Мартин Компстон, Эрик Робертс, Розарио Доусон, Ольга Мередис
Plot
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.
Dito, a writer in L.A., goes home to Astoria, Queens, after a 15-year absence when his mother calls to say his father's ill. In a series of flashbacks we see the young Dito, his parents, his four closest friends, and his girl Laurie, as each tries to navigate family, race, loyalty, sex, coming of age, violence, and wanting out. A ball falls onto the subway tracks at a station, small things get out of hand. Can Dito go home again?