Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2012)

  • NR
  • 03/08/2012 (US)
  • Drama, Comedy
  • 1h 36m

Overview

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...

Roberto Faenza

Director, Writer

Peter Cameron

Novel

Dahlia Heyman

Writer

Cast

Toby Regbo's headshot

Toby Regbo

James Sveck
Marcia Gay Harden's headshot

Marcia Gay Harden

Marjorie Dunfour
Peter Gallagher's headshot

Peter Gallagher

Paul Sveck
Lucy Liu's headshot

Lucy Liu

Rowena Adler
Stephen Lang's headshot

Stephen Lang

Barry Rogers
Deborah Ann Woll's headshot

Deborah Ann Woll

Gillian Sveck
Ellen Burstyn's headshot

Ellen Burstyn

Nanette
Aubrey Plaza's headshot

Aubrey Plaza

Jeanine Breemer

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