A Real Pain

  • Jesse Eisenberg
  • United States of America, Poland
  • 2024
  • 90'
  • A Real Pain

Cousins Benji (Kieran Culkin) and David (Jesse Eisenberg) take a trip to Poland to pay tribute to their recently deceased Holocaust survivor grandmother. Once very close, the two realise that over time they’ve completely drifted apart. David is married and has a child, he’s serious, busy and somewhat reserved, while Benji is completely unpredictable and not ready to grow up. Winner of Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at Sundance, A Real Pain is a gritty and funny road movie about family, identity, history and the neuroses of modern adulthood. The second directorial achievement of Jesse Eisenberg, who also penned the screenplay and stars in the film.

Jesse Eisenberg

Jesse Eisenberg (1983) is an American actor and director. He has won numerous awards and has been nominated for an Oscar, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe. He made his mark as an actor with Noah Baumbach’s The Squid and the Whale (2005) and Ruben Fleischer’s Welcome to Zombieland (2009), and rose to prominence with the role of Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher’s The Social Network (2010). In 2022, he directed his feature debut, When You Finish Saving the World, which premiered in the Critics’ Week at the Cannes Film Festival.

 

A Real Pain

Director
Jesse Eisenberg
Screenplay
Jesse Eisenberg
Cast
Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Liza Sadovy, Daniel Oreskes
DOP
Michael Dymek
Editing
Robert Nassau
Producer
Dave McCary, Ali Herting, Emma Stone
Production
Topic Studios, Fruit Tree, Rego Park, Extreme Emotions
Festivals & Awards
Sundance Film Festival – Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award; BFI London Film Festival

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