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‘A Real Pain’ is Jesse Eisenberg’s love letter to Poland, the country his family left under duress

JL;DR SUMMARY Jesse Eisenberg's film, "A Real Pain," is a poignant and humorous exploration of Jewish identity, trauma, and reconnection with the past. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustJewish IdentityPolandTraumaMemoryHeritageCitizenshipJesse EisenbergHistorical Memory

Places mentioned

Poland
"a pair of American Jewish cousins on a heritage tour of Poland sneak back onto a train"
New York City, New York, United States
"Eisenberg dropped out of Hebrew school in his native New York City but has recently begun attending a synagogue in Bloomington, Indiana"
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
"but has recently begun attending a synagogue in Bloomington, Indiana, where he lives with his family"

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