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For Jesse Eisenberg, His Holocaust Movie ‘A Real Pain’ Is Personal

JL;DR SUMMARY Jesse Eisenberg's film "A Real Pain" offers a refreshingly unique take on Holocaust movies, combining both humor and sensitivity in its portrayal of a heritage trip. 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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HolocaustFilmJewish IdentityFamily LegacyMemoryMajdanekHeritage TripHumorJesse EisenbergKieran Culkin

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New York, United States
"a married Jewish couple with deep American roots. The movie is both reverent and deeply funny in an effortless and unforced way that only a Jewish creator could manage David and Benjis banter is full of jokes that often hold in them more truth than their serious somber dialogue does."
Majdanek, Lublin, Poland
"I was so struck by the scene at Majdanek, as someone whos been there."
Krasnostaw, Lublin, Poland
"Her brothers were shot in the cemetery in Krasnostav."

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