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Summary A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints is writer/director Dito Montiel's candid debut capturing his youth in the mid-1980s in the toughest neighborhood of Astoria, Queens. Exuding the rawness and authenticity of such classic urban dramas as "Kids," "Mean Streets," "Do the Right Thing" and "Saturday Night Fever," the film is based on Montiel'...

Directed By: Dito Montiel

Written By: Dito Montiel

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
67
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 36 User Ratings
6.8
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Summary A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints is writer/director Dito Montiel's candid debut capturing his youth in the mid-1980s in the toughest neighborhood of Astoria, Queens. Exuding the rawness and authenticity of such classic urban dramas as "Kids," "Mean Streets," "Do the Right Thing" and "Saturday Night Fever," the film is based on Montiel'...

Directed By: Dito Montiel

Written By: Dito Montiel

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Generally Favorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
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76% Positive
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24% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 36 User Ratings
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Production Company Belladonna Productions, Truly Original, Xingu Films
Release Date Sep 29, 2006
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating R
Tagline Queens, New York, 1986. Sometimes the only way forward, is back.
Sundance Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Film Independent Spirit Awards
3 Nominations
Venice Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations