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Feature film — 2012

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2012)

5.51h 39mDrama — Comedy

Precocious yet sensitive teenager James has a deep perception of the world but no idea how to live in it. Finding no help from his divorced parents nor his older memoir-writing sister, he decides to reject the beliefs adults try to push on him, starting with the college career that is looming over his last summer in New York, and embarks instead on a search for wisdom through nontraditional means...

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A high-signal pick with 129 votes.

BNL – Gruppo BNP Paribas / Jean Vigo Italia / Four of a Kind Productions / The 7th Floor / MiC / RAI Cinema

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Director: Roberto Faenza

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Cast & crew

Toby Regbo as James Sveck

Toby Regbo

James Sveck

Marcia Gay Harden as Marjorie Dunfour

Marcia Gay Harden

Marjorie Dunfour

Peter Gallagher as Paul Sveck

Peter Gallagher

Paul Sveck

Lucy Liu as Rowena Adler

Lucy Liu

Rowena Adler

Stephen Lang as Barry Rogers

Stephen Lang

Barry Rogers

Deborah Ann Woll as Gillian Sveck

Deborah Ann Woll

Gillian Sveck

Ellen Burstyn as Nanette

Ellen Burstyn

Nanette

Aubrey Plaza as Jeanine Breemer

Aubrey Plaza

Jeanine Breemer

G

Gilbert Owuor

John Webster

Dree Hemingway as Rhonda

Dree Hemingway

Rhonda

Olek Krupa as Henryk Maria

Olek Krupa

Henryk Maria

Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Mrs. Beemer

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Mrs. Beemer

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