A Real Pain (2024). Written and Directed by Jesse Eisenberg. Starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin. A Real Pain is Jesse Eisenberg’s third film as writer and director, and his second also starring in a film. The film follows two cousins in their late 30s, David Kaplan (Eisenberg) and Benji Kaplan (Culkin) as they join a small tour group travelling around Poland. The tour focuses on World War II and atrocities experienced by the Jewish people during WWII, and also serves as a pilgrimage to honour their late grandmother, whose old house they plan to visit at the end the trip. …