A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints 2006 R, 98 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Dito Montiel Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Shia LaBeouf, Rosario Dawson, Chazz Palminteri, Dianne Wiest, Channing Tatum, Eric Roberts, Melonie Diaz, Martin Compston, Adam Scarimbolo, Julia Garro, Peter Anthony Tambakis, Scott Michael Campbell
Dito Montiel's autobiographical story begins in the present when his suffering mother (Dianne Wiest) calls him to come home because his father (Chazz Palminteri) is dying. Now a successful L.A. writer, Dito returns home to Astoria, Queens, NY, where he grew up in the mid-1980s amidst violence and drugs and left for what he believed would be a better world outside. Dito faces those who influenced his life, and the story unfolds of how Dito believes he has been saved from their fate by his saints.
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Sweet Sixteen 2002 R, 106 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Loach Cast: Martin Compston, Annmarie Fulton, William Ruane, Michelle Abercromby, Michelle Coulter, Gary McCormack, Tommy McKee, Calum McAlees, Robert Rennie, Martin McCardie
His mother is about to be released from prison, and Liam (Martin Compston) wants to get enough money to buy an old trailer for them to live in. So, he decides to push drugs, which proves to be a bad choice as matters turn ugly.
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| 1. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
2. Sweet Sixteen (2002)
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