Preview: A Real Pain

classified 18 (CTBA)

part of BFI London Film Festival 2024

Film

Please note: This was screened in Oct 2024

Director
Jesse Eisenberg
Cast
Kieran Culkin, Jesse Eisenberg, Olha Bosova
Details
90 mins, 2024, USA
Primary language
English

Jesse Eisenberg cements his reputation as a gifted filmmaker with this witty and heartfelt portrait of two estranged cousins honouring their roots.

Benji and David travel to Poland to pay respects to their Jewish grandmother. No sooner are they on the road, they realise why they don’t spend much time together anymore.

Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin dazzle in their roles as the familial odd-couple, trading witty barbs and sobering ruminations on mid-adulthood growing pains, in this deftly scripted film full of humour and hope.

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