Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2012)
2012 · NR · 1h 39m · Drama, Comedy
Genres: Drama, 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…
Director: Roberto Faenza
Writers: Roberto Faenza, Dahlia Heyman, Peter Cameron
Music by: Andrea Guerra
Cinematography: Maurizio Calvesi
Editor: Massimo Fiocchi
Budget: $8M · Rated 5.5/10 by 127 viewers
Cast
Toby Regbo as James SveckMarcia Gay Harden as Marjorie DunfourPeter Gallagher as Paul SveckLucy Liu as Rowena AdlerStephen Lang as Barry RogersDeborah Ann Woll as Gillian SveckEllen Burstyn as NanetteAubrey Plaza as Jeanine BreemerGilbert Owuor as John WebsterDree Hemingway as RhondaOlek Krupa as Henryk MariaSiobhan Fallon Hogan as Mrs. BeemerMore like this
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