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Director
  
Roberto Faenza

Duration
  

Initial DVD release
  
March 5, 2013 (USA)

Country
  
Italy United States

5.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Running time
  
1h 35m

Music director
  
Elisa, Andrea Guerra

Language
  
English

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Release date
  
November 18, 2011 (2011-11-18)

Based on
  
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You  by Peter Cameron

Writer
  
Peter Cameron (based on the novel by), Roberto Faenza, Dahlia Heyman

Cast
  
Toby Regbo
(James Sveck),
Deborah Ann Woll
(Gillian Sveck),
Lucy Liu
(Life Coach),
Marcia Gay Harden
(Marjorie Dunfour),
Peter Gallagher
(Paul Sveck),
Ellen Burstyn
(Nanette)

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A vulnerable teenager develops a deep perception of the world and has no idea how to live in it.

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Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You is a 2011 comedy-drama film directed by Roberto Faenza based on Peter Camerons novel of the same name. It is primarily Italian financed, but was shot in English. The teenage American protagonist was played by eighteen-year-old English actor Toby Regbo and the supporting cast is mainly American.

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The film premiered at the 2011 Rome Film Festival and was scheduled for release in Italy in February 2012. It will receive its North American premiere at the 2012 Miami International Film Festival, but no further cinematic release dates have been announced.

The Italian reviews were mixed, but considerable praise was given for Regbos performance.

A vulnerable teenager with a deep perception of the world and no idea how to live in it.

Premise

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A drama that follows James Sveck (Toby Regbo), a recent high school graduate in New York City, who feels out of step with his privileged upbringing.

Cast

  • Toby Regbo as James Sveck
  • Marcia Gay Harden as Marjorie Dunfour
  • Peter Gallagher as Paul Sveck
  • Deborah Ann Woll as Gillian Sveck
  • Ellen Burstyn as James Svecks grandmother
  • Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Mrs. Beemer
  • Lucy Liu as Hilda Temple, life coach
  • Stephen Lang as Barry Rogers
  • Gilbert Owuor as John Webster
  • Aubrey Plaza as Real Estate Agent
  • Production

    Filming took place in New York from August 18 to October 4, 2010.

    References

    Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (film) Wikipedia
    Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (film) IMDb Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (film) themoviedb.org