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Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

NR20121h 39mRoberto Faenza

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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...

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Based On Novel Or BookTeen AngstLgbtLate Coming Of AgeGay Theme

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What is Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2012) about?

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…

Who stars in Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You?

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You stars Toby Regbo (James Sveck), Marcia Gay Harden (Marjorie Dunfour), Peter Gallagher (Paul Sveck), Lucy Liu (Rowena Adler), Stephen Lang (Barry Rogers). The film was directed by Roberto Faenza.

How long is Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You?

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 2012. It is rated NR.

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