Watch Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin in the trailer for A Real Pain

Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg appear in A Real Pain by Jesse Eisenberg, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

The teaser trailer and poster have been released for the Sundance Film Festival award-winning A Real Pain starring Academy Award® nominee Jesse Eisenberg and Golden Globe® winner Kieran Culkin. The film will be in UK and Irish cinemas from 10th January 2025.

A REAL PAIN follows mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

Hillary saw the film at Sundance and said it was “funny, touching and most importantly, it feels authentic.”

Searchlight Pictures presents A REAL PAIN, directed and written by Academy Award® nominee Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network, Zombieland). The film stars Eisenberg alongside Emmy® and Golden Globe® winner Kieran Culkin (“Succession,” Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), with a cast rounded out by BAFTA winner and Emmy® nominee Will Sharpe (“The White Lotus”), Golden Globe® nominee Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing), Kurt Egyiawan (Beasts of No Nation), Liza Sadovy (“A Small Light”), and Daniel Oreskes (The Thomas Crown Affair, “Only Murders in the Building”). Producers are Dave McCary (“Saturday Night Live,” I Saw the TV Glow), Ali Herting (Bodies Bodies Bodies, “The Curse”), Emma Stone (Poor Things, Cruella), Eisenberg, Jennifer Semler (Theater Camp), and Ewa Puszczyńska (The Zone of Interest, Cold War).

Behind the camera are the works of directory of photography Michał Dymek (EO), production designer Mela Melak (Lipstick on the Glass), costume designer Małgorzata Fudala (The Girl with the Needle), makeup department head Olga Neihauer (Milosc na pierwsza strone), editor Robert Nassau (The Big Sick), and casting director Jessica Kelly (X, Midsommar).