The film follows mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg), a slightly neurotic New Yorker, and Benji (Kieran Culkin), a talkative, boisterous man, as they travel to Poland to honor their beloved grandmother, the very place their grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, left decades earlier to start over across the ocean.
True Pain is for audiences who enjoy a comedic drama that combines humor and emotion in the tradition of films like The Berkmans or The Meyerowitz Stories. Fans of Jesse Eisenberg as an actor and director, as well as admirers of Kieran Culkin, will find this film a heartfelt exploration of family ties with a typically fresh twist of humor. What sets True Pain apart is its deft combination of lightness and emotional depth, thanks in large part to the historical setting of Poland and the themes of family heritage and grief that add weight to the film. Those who enjoyed Skylab or Little Miss Sunshine will appreciate the bittersweet humor of this family road trip.
Between laughter and tears, True Pain promises to be a moving work about the complexity of human relationships, led by Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin. Eisenberg, with his distinctive style and sensitive vision of family emotions, promises a film that is both funny and moving, and is rooted in universal themes of memory and reconciliation.
Genre
Drama, Comedy
Original title
Real Pain
Year
2025
Director
Jesse Eisenberg
Screenplay
Jesse Eisenberg
Play
Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Jennifer Grey, Will Sharpe, Ellora Torchia, Jakub Gąsowski, Liza Sadovy, Kurt Egyiawan, Daniel Oreskes, Marek Kasprzyk
Camera
Michał Dymek
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