Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2012)

24/02/2012
Drama, Comedy
1h 39m

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 FaenzaDirector, Writer
  • Dahlia HeymanWriter
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $8,000,000

  • Revenue

    $532,777

Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • teen angst
  • lgbt
  • late coming of age
  • gay theme

Top Billed Cast

Toby Regbo

Toby Regbo

James Sveck

Marcia Gay Harden

Marcia Gay Harden

Marjorie Dunfour

Peter Gallagher

Peter Gallagher

Paul Sveck

Lucy Liu

Lucy Liu

Rowena Adler

Stephen Lang

Stephen Lang

Barry Rogers

Deborah Ann Woll

Deborah Ann Woll

Gillian Sveck

Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn

Nanette

Aubrey Plaza

Aubrey Plaza

Jeanine Breemer

Gilbert Owuor

Gilbert Owuor

John Webster

Dree Hemingway

Dree Hemingway

Rhonda

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