
Feature film — 2012
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2012)
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
James Sveck

Marcia Gay Harden
Marjorie Dunfour

Peter Gallagher
Paul Sveck

Lucy Liu
Rowena Adler

Stephen Lang
Barry Rogers

Deborah Ann Woll
Gillian Sveck

Ellen Burstyn
Nanette

Aubrey Plaza
Jeanine Breemer
Gilbert Owuor
John Webster

Dree Hemingway
Rhonda

Olek Krupa
Henryk Maria

Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Mrs. Beemer
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