A Real Pain

Theatrical - Wide 2024-10-18

Cast Jesse Eisenberg Kieran Culkin
Directed by Jesse Eisenberg

Genres: Comedy Drama

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Estranged cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) join a holocaust tour in Poland to fulfill the dying request of their late grandmother.

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