A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Réalisation:
Dito MontielScénario:
Dito MontielPhotographie:
Eric GautierMusique:
Jonathan EliasActeurs·trices:
Robert Downey Jr., Chazz Palminteri, Shia LaBeouf, Dianne Wiest, Channing Tatum, Rosario Dawson, Eric Roberts, Melonie Diaz, Anthony DeSando (plus)Résumés(1)
Après 15 ans d’absence, Dito retrouve le Queens, le quartier le plus violent de New York, pour faire face à son père, gravement malade. C’est dans ces rues où il a grandi, qu’il va retrouver ses anciens camarades - tout du moins ceux qui ne sont pas en prison ou morts assassinés - et son ancien amour d’enfance, Laurie. Dito va tenter de comprendre les événements tragiques survenus pendant l’été 1986 qui ont provoqué son départ précipité. (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Critiques (1)
This film is a significantly emotional, plotless film that is difficult to describe for this reason. It is a film about searching for one's roots and attempting to map out one's childhood and adolescence. As a story, it is essentially about nothing, and the adventures of a group of teenagers from a poor suburb of an American metropolis are completely forgotten in a few days. However, the nostalgic melancholic mood will resonate with me for a long time. It is definitely not a bad film and considering how inexperienced the director was, I consider it more than successful. However, considering the above, it has its limits, for which I can give no more than three stars. Dito Montiel made a film where the combination of music, images, and performances rarely works well. Overall impression: 65%.
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