Jesse Eisenberg

Yeah, exactly. Like, you know, one of the kind of ironies with Kieran's character in the movie, you know, as you said, he kind of plays this incredibly charming and manic guy. But he also is just privately suffering from severe depression. I mean, severe, like, you know, you know, wondering if he wants to go on with his life.

Yeah, exactly. Like, you know, one of the kind of ironies with Kieran's character in the movie, you know, as you said, he kind of plays this incredibly charming and manic guy. But he also is just privately suffering from severe depression. I mean, severe, like, you know, you know, wondering if he wants to go on with his life.

And one of the dramatic ironies in the movie is that our grandmother survived, as I say in the movie, by a thousand miracles, you know, you know, the way my family survived. survived the war.

And one of the dramatic ironies in the movie is that our grandmother survived, as I say in the movie, by a thousand miracles, you know, you know, the way my family survived. survived the war.

And one of the dramatic ironies in the movie is that our grandmother survived, as I say in the movie, by a thousand miracles, you know, you know, the way my family survived. survived the war.

They were, you know, hidden in basements with their teachers, you know, like crazy stories as, as you know, from, you know, anybody who survived the Holocaust, there's usually a story that's, you know, incredibly shocking and more shocking than the last one you heard.

They were, you know, hidden in basements with their teachers, you know, like crazy stories as, as you know, from, you know, anybody who survived the Holocaust, there's usually a story that's, you know, incredibly shocking and more shocking than the last one you heard.

They were, you know, hidden in basements with their teachers, you know, like crazy stories as, as you know, from, you know, anybody who survived the Holocaust, there's usually a story that's, you know, incredibly shocking and more shocking than the last one you heard.

So like, there's this irony where we are the products of a thousand miracles and yet Kieran's character doesn't even know if he wants to live. And what is that? Why do we walk around with all this modern pain when our lives are materially comfortable after being the products of incredible stories of survival?

So like, there's this irony where we are the products of a thousand miracles and yet Kieran's character doesn't even know if he wants to live. And what is that? Why do we walk around with all this modern pain when our lives are materially comfortable after being the products of incredible stories of survival?

So like, there's this irony where we are the products of a thousand miracles and yet Kieran's character doesn't even know if he wants to live. And what is that? Why do we walk around with all this modern pain when our lives are materially comfortable after being the products of incredible stories of survival?

And it's something I think about all the time because I'm, like, you know, a depressed person or whatever. And, you know, like, I walk around and I have, like, a materially nice life. And I walk around kind of, like, you know, feeling bad for myself, being miserable over, you know, minor things. And yet I'm also incredibly, like...

And it's something I think about all the time because I'm, like, you know, a depressed person or whatever. And, you know, like, I walk around and I have, like, a materially nice life. And I walk around kind of, like, you know, feeling bad for myself, being miserable over, you know, minor things. And yet I'm also incredibly, like...

And it's something I think about all the time because I'm, like, you know, a depressed person or whatever. And, you know, like, I walk around and I have, like, a materially nice life. And I walk around kind of, like, you know, feeling bad for myself, being miserable over, you know, minor things. And yet I'm also incredibly, like...

fascinated by my family's history in Poland and learning like about the suffering and I don't know how to reconcile those two things of feeling bad about my very fortunate life and also understanding the horrors of my family's past or the horrors of people around the world today and because I can't reconcile those two things I was trying to sort out that in the movie which is why the title A Real Pain it's like what is asking the audience that question what is real pain is my character's manageable medicated OCD

fascinated by my family's history in Poland and learning like about the suffering and I don't know how to reconcile those two things of feeling bad about my very fortunate life and also understanding the horrors of my family's past or the horrors of people around the world today and because I can't reconcile those two things I was trying to sort out that in the movie which is why the title A Real Pain it's like what is asking the audience that question what is real pain is my character's manageable medicated OCD

fascinated by my family's history in Poland and learning like about the suffering and I don't know how to reconcile those two things of feeling bad about my very fortunate life and also understanding the horrors of my family's past or the horrors of people around the world today and because I can't reconcile those two things I was trying to sort out that in the movie which is why the title A Real Pain it's like what is asking the audience that question what is real pain is my character's manageable medicated OCD

Pain valid? Is Kieran's pain valid, even though, you know, he's experiencing, you know, the worst of what a kind of psyche can experience, but at the same time, he is in a comfortable life, no one is trying to kill him? Or is the only pain that's valid and should be kind of acknowledged is the pain of war and of kind of mass genocide and, you know, mass trauma?

Pain valid? Is Kieran's pain valid, even though, you know, he's experiencing, you know, the worst of what a kind of psyche can experience, but at the same time, he is in a comfortable life, no one is trying to kill him? Or is the only pain that's valid and should be kind of acknowledged is the pain of war and of kind of mass genocide and, you know, mass trauma?

Pain valid? Is Kieran's pain valid, even though, you know, he's experiencing, you know, the worst of what a kind of psyche can experience, but at the same time, he is in a comfortable life, no one is trying to kill him? Or is the only pain that's valid and should be kind of acknowledged is the pain of war and of kind of mass genocide and, you know, mass trauma?