2024 - 69th Edition

A Real Pain

Jesse Eisenberg
United States, Poland
 - 2024
Estreno nacional
Jesse Eisenberg, known for his performances in The Social Network (2010) and Now You See Me... (2013), takes on directing for the second time in a film that follows the reunion of two American cousins with Polish-Jewish roots who, in response to their grandmother's last wishes, visit their native country to join a tour about the Holocaust. Winner of the Best Screenplay award at the Sundance Film Festival, this rough road movie-like comedy is sustained by the tension between its charismatic characters, played by Jesse Eisenberg himself, Kieran Culkin - Succession (2018) - and the iconic Jennifer Grey - Dirty Dancing (1987). Cinematographer Michał Dymek, responsible for Eo (2022) and Pawlikowski's collaborator, takes us into the melancholy of a bittersweet pilgrimage to the family legacy, in which David and Benji will gradually discover all that unites them, while also realising all that separates them.
Jesse Eisenberg

Academy Award nominated actor (‘The Social Network’) and an acclaimed playwright and author born in New York in 1983. He made his directorial debut with A24’s ‘When You Finish Saving the World’, which premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and screened as a part of Critics Week at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. The film is based on the Audible Original of the same name, which won Best Original Work at the 2021 Audie Awards. His second directorial effort, ‘A Real Pain’, had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where Eisenberg won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. He has written four plays, including ‘The Spoils’, which had a box-office record-breaking run-on West End, ‘The Revisionist’, ‘Asuncion’ and ‘Happy Talk’. His filmography as an actor includes titles such as ‘Ther Squid and the Whale’’, ‘Adventureland’, ‘Roger Dodger’, ‘Zombieland’, ‘Night Moves’, ‘Now You See Me’ and ‘Justice League’, among many others.

Screenings

O.V. in English with Spanish subtitles 
Mon. 21, 17:00
Thu. 24, 22:15
Sat. 26, 17:00
DIRECTOR
Jesse Eisenberg
SCREENPLAY
Jesse Eisenberg
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Michał Dymek
EDITOR
Robert Nassau
SOUND
Tim Korn, Daniel Timmons
MUSIC
Frédéric Chopin
PRODUCTION
Dave McCary, Ali Herting, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg, Jennifer Semler, Ewa Puszczyńska
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Topic Studios, Fruit Tree, Rego Park, Extreme Emotions, Mazovia Warsaw Film Fund
CAST
Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Liza Sadovy, Daniel Oreskes
RUNNING TIME
89 min.
TYPE
Largometraje
FORMAT
Color
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2024
VERSION
V.O. en inglés subtitulada en español 
COUNTRY
United States, Poland

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