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Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
5.5 / 10• 2012• 1h 39m•NR• English
DramaComedy
Storyline
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...
Cast & Crew

Toby Regbo
James Sveck
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Roberto Faenza's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”









