A Real Pain

A Real Pain

Director: Jesse Eisenberg
Country: USA, Poland

2024 | 89 min. | English
Subtitles: German
FSK | Nicht geprüft / No clearance

Cast_ Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan Screenplay_ Jesse Eisenberg Camera_ Michał Dymek Producer_ Dave McCary, Ali Herting, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg, Jennifer Semler, Ewa Puszczyńska Rights_ The Walt Disney Company (Germany)

A mismatched couple on a life-changing journey. Jesse Eisenberg makes us laugh and cry all at the same time.

David (Jesse Eisenberg) is awkward and withdrawn, Benji (Kieran Culkin) is exuberant and everybody’s darling. To commemorate their deceased grandmother, the mismatched cousins set off on a road trip through Poland. Although they have not seen each other for a long time, they have a close bond thanks to their shared youth. Their journey confronts them with the darkest chapter in human history, bringing deep wounds and unresolved conflicts to the surface.

Both tragic and hilarious, ›A Real Pain‹ probes the mystery of the human psyche.

Director

Ever since his Oscar-nominated turn as Mark Zuckerberg in ›The Social Network‹, Jesse Eisenberg has needed no introduction as an actor. In 2022, he tried his hand at directing with ›When You Finish Saving the World‹. In his second directorial work, ›A Real Pain‹, he explores his own Polish-Jewish roots.

Trailer

Screenings

  • AvailableFriday 08.11.202421:45MannheimMAStadthaus N1
  • AvailableSunday 17.11.202417:45MannheimMAStadthaus N1
  • AvailableSunday 17.11.202420:45HeidelbergHDKarlstorbahnhof