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Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin tap into 'A Real Pain'

Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in A Real Pain.
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Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in A Real Pain.

The moving dramedy A Real Pain stars Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin as two very different cousins attempting to reconnect by going on a heritage tour of Poland. As they make their way across the country, they mourn their late grandmother, confront the fractures in their relationship, and reckon with the grief left in the wake of the Holocaust. A Real Pain was written and directed by Eisenberg.


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