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Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2012)

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...

Released Feb. 24, 2012 99 min 15+

Genres: Comedy, Drama

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Production Companies: Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Jean Vigo Italia, Four of a Kind Productions, The 7th Floor, RAI CinemaMinistero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali

Country: Italy
Production Countries: Italy, United States
Languages: Japanese, English, Italian

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99 min
Feb. 24, 2012
Released
$8,000,000
$532,777
NR
15+ cc