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Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

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...

2012 |1h 36m |  Drama, Comedy

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Cast

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Toby Regbo

James Sveck

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Marcia Gay Harden

Marjorie Dunfour

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Peter Gallagher

Paul Sveck

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Lucy Liu

Rowena Adler

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Stephen Lang

Barry Rogers

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Deborah Ann Woll

Gillian Sveck

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Ellen Burstyn

Nanette

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Aubrey Plaza

Jeanine Breemer

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Gilbert Owuor

John Webster

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Dree Hemingway

Rhonda

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Olek Krupa

Henryk Maria

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Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Mrs. Beemer

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Kyle Coffman

Dakin

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Jonny Weston

Thom

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Christopher Mann

Guard

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Rekha Luther

Olivia

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Dieter Riesle

Man Visitor

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Rainer Judd

Woman Visitor

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Amelia Workman

Young Woman

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Peter Y. Kim

Funeral Waiter

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Sawyer Spielberg

Jack

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Status

Released

Language

English, Japanese, Italian

Budget

$8,000,000.00

Revenue

$532,777.00