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Jesse Eisenberg

A Real Pain

Director Jesse Eisenberg Cast Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Olha Bosova
Edition 2024
90' - 2024 - Drama, Comedy - Format: DCP - Dialogue: English
In Jesse Eisenberg's sophomore feature as a director, two American cousins travel to Poland in search of the roots of their grandmother, who barely survived the Nazi camps. A Real Pain is a bittersweet road movie with a big heart, and although the subject matter is no joke and existential angst is present, Eisenberg manages to find big slices of humour.
Two years after making his debut as a director with When You Finish Saving the World, actor Jesse Eisenberg, who is forever connected with his role as Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network, presents his sophomore feature in the director's chair. And this time, he stars in it himself, as David, one of two American cousins with Jewish roots who travel to Poland in search of the roots of their grandmother who emigrated from Europe after the Holocaust. David is a typical Eisenberg-character: a neurotic control freak. His cousin Benji (Kieran Culkin fresh of his Succession success) is his opposite: an extroverted blabbermouth. Throughout this poignant road movie, they grow closer but also dig deeper into themselves. Eisenberg manages to present a heavy subject with lightheartedness, making ample room for laughter. A real tour de force that definitively puts the actor on the map as a director.
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Credits

Directors

Jesse Eisenberg

Cast

Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Olha Bosova

Scenario

Jesse Eisenberg

Director of Photography

Michał Dymek

Editors

Robert Nassau

Producers

Jesse Eisenberg, Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Ewa Puszczynska, Jennifer Semler, Emma Stone

Music Supervisor

Erick Eiser

Production studios

Topic Studios

Distributor

The Walt Disney Company Benelux / Searchlight Pictures

More info

Dialogue

English

Countries of production

Poland, United States of America

Year

2024

Filmography

Jesse Eisenberg
When You Finish Saving the World (2022), A Real Pain (2024)

Technical Specs

Format
DCP