Story about A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints / 圣徒指南 / 放下屠刀
The movie is a coming-of-age drama about a boy growing up in Astoria, N.Y., during the 1980s. As his...
The movie is a coming-of-age drama about a boy growing up in Astoria, N.Y., during the 1980s. As his friends end up dead, on drugs or in prison, he comes to believe he has been saved from their fate by various so-called saints.
Dito, a writer in L.A., goes home to Astoria, Queen, 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?
