A REAL PAIN

USA, POLAND | 2024 | COLOR | DCP | 90’ | ENGLISH

Flying to Poland after the death of their grandmother, two incompatible cousins see the trip as an opportunity to explore their roots. Their tour of the past brings their family's troubled history to the forefront and reignites their tragicomic differences. Without straying from his acting persona, Jesse Eisenberg evolves into one of the most distinctive directorial voices in contemporary American cinema. With the help of a sweeping Kieran Culkin performance, he crafts a bittersweet road movie emphasizing generational trauma, bridging the gap from the collective to the deeply personal, and achieving a multi-layered dramedy that, in addition to positive reviews and Oscar talk, won the Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival. 

DIRECTOR: Jesse Eisenberg
SCREENWRITER: Jesse Eisenberg
DoP: Michal Dymek
EDITOR: Robert Nassau
PRINCIPAL CAST: Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Liza Sadovy, Daniel Oreskes

JESSE EISENBERG
American actor and filmmaker, born in 1983 in New York. Began his career during the ‘00s, became famous with “Zombieland” (2009), did two films directed by Woody Allen and as the protagonist in David Fincher’s “The Social Network” (2010) won his sole acting Oscar nomination to this day. He made his filmmaking debut in 2022.

FILMOGRAPHY
2024 A Real Pain 
2022 When You Finish Saving the World