-LRB- Catsoulis -RRB- \* ` A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS ' -LRB- R , 98 minutes -RRB- Rough , ragged and full of life , this autobiographical movie , written and directed by Dito Montiel , about his youth on the streets of Astoria , Queens , is a remarkable debut , stuffed almost to bursting with bold performances and operatic emotions .