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A man in a red hoodie and a man in a blue hoodie stare up at something behind camera together.

A Real Pain

  Jesse Eisenberg

  United States, Poland     89 minutes

Synopsis

This emotional comic journey follows mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin), who reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. But their adventure takes a turn when the odd couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history. Eisenberg, who also wrote and directed, has created a film that deftly mixes the humorous and the heartrending. Fueled by its witty and sophisticated script and winning performances, especially Culkin’s magnetic portrayal of the wild-card relative you can’t — and may not even want to — control, A Real Pain subtly transforms into a compassionate story of family, forgiveness, and resilience.

 English 

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Film Credits

  •   Dave McCary, Ali Herting, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg, Jennifer Semler, Ewa Puszczyńska
  •   Jesse Eisenberg
  •   Robert Nassau
  •   Michał Dymek
  •   Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Liza Sadovy, Daniel Oreskes
  •   Erick Eiser
  •   Ryan Heller, Jennifer Westin, Michael Bloom, Kevin Kelly
  •   Topic Studios
  •   http://www.topicstudios.com

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