24/02/2012 - February 24 sees the release of the film based on Peter Cameron’s novel starring a young hero of non-conformism

February 24 sees the release of Roberto Faenza’s American film, Someday this Pain will Be Useful to You [+see also:
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"But here the real misfits are the adults", the director explained yesterday at the presentation of the film in Rome, which Cameron also attended, "a mother who collects husbands, a father who only goes out with little girls. In the past, when I was starting out as a director, I would have been more violent. Now these are figures I feel sorry for, like Silvio Berlusconi, who is full of money but doesn’t have a single real friend".

Peter Cameron: "I didn’t know Faenza, but when the project came up I watched all of his films and what struck me the most was his enthusiasm. In your country the book was more successful than in the US (in Italy it sold about 100,000 copies, Ed.). Also for this reason I wanted an Italian director, I felt I was indebted to you''.

Someday this Pain will Be Useful to You is distributed in Italy by 01 to 200 cinemas. While in the US it will be released end of May, after featuring in the Miami Film Festival taking place on March 8.

(Translated from Italian)