LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jesse Eisenberg created the film “A Real Pain” to depict the emotional crisis between two Jewish American cousins ​​visiting modern-day Poland as they learn more about the trauma of the Holocaust.

Eisenberg said, “I wanted to talk about that pain but against the backdrop of something else objectively worse, like the trauma of World War II.”

He wanted to pose an important question to both the audience and himself.

“What pain is justified? Should we take these two young men seriously, even though their pain cannot compare to mass terror, or should we dismiss them as their lives fade into the background inconsequential? He added.

“A Real Pain” is distributed by Walt Disney unit Searchlight Pictures and hits theaters Friday. The film follows idiosyncratic cousins ​​David, played by Eisenberg, and Benji, played by Kieran Culkin, as they visit a group of people in Poland to learn more about their grandmother and Jewish history. Reunite for tour.

The film stars Will Sharp as James, the group’s tour guide, along with Jennifer Grey, Kurt Agiawan, Liza Sadowy and Daniel Oreskes, who play members of the tour group.

Things change when emotional tensions rise between the cousins, and they work to process their complicated feelings about their family.

Culkin did not really analyze his character until he saw himself playing Benjy.

“Knowing someone in my life who is very similar to him” helped Culkin to understand the character on a deeper level.

For Sharp, Benjy becomes a major influence on the rest of the characters as they go through the historical tour.

Sharp said, “I think Kieran’s character Benjy influences each of our characters throughout the journey of the film and often he does it in an almost quite competitive way.” ,

Benjy challenged the way James conducted the tour, causing him to think differently about his job, Sharp said.

Sharp David, in contrast, sees Eisenberg’s character as “fascinated and frustrated” by his cousin’s constant transparency and frankness.

For Grey, the film is based on the story of people who are undergoing treatment.

“Treating the pain is healing, and it doesn’t mean it goes away. “It means maybe there will be some reduction in pain, some change in perspective,” she said.

For them, from the horrors of genocide to the conflicts of cousins ​​in modern times, the film is about the overall pain of life.

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