Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

Name: Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
Cast: Toby Regbo, Marcia Gay Harden, Peter Gallagher, Lucy Liu, Stephen Lang

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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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Cast & Crew

Director: Roberto FaenzaWriter: Dahlia HeymanProducers: Avy Kaufman, Elda Ferri, Milena Canonero, Ron Stein, Rose Ganguzza, Simona Bellettini

Toby Regbo

as James Sveck

Marcia Gay Harden

as Marjorie Dunfour

Peter Gallagher

as Paul Sveck

Lucy Liu

as Rowena Adler

Stephen Lang

as Barry Rogers

Deborah Ann Woll

as Gillian Sveck

Ellen Burstyn

as Nanette

Aubrey Plaza

as Jeanine Breemer

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