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A Real Pain

Dir. Jesse Eisenberg
Constellation Opening Film
Fri 1 Nov and Thu 7 Nov
Fri 1 Nov
and
Thu 7 Nov
  • Fri 1 Nov
    20:45 - 22:15
    Audio Description Available
    Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds
    Screen 1
    Past event
  • Thu 7 Nov
    19:30 - 21:00
    Descriptive Subtitles
    Cottage Road Cinema, Leeds
    Screen 1
    Past event

A whip smart road movie about odd couple Jewish cousins on a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother, a Holocaust survivor.

Blending rapid fire comedy with poignant emotional drama, A Real Pain marks out Jesse Eisenberg as a great director as well as an accomplished actor. He stars alongside Kieran Culkin as odd couple Jewish cousins, David and Benji, getting back together for a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother, a Holocaust survivor. David is an uptight, responsible family man and Benji is a slacker and a motormouth, quick witted but entirely lacking a filter. A deftly balanced film of genuine wit and wisdom.

"A delight and a revelation — a deft, funny, heady, beautifully staged ramble of a road movie." - Owen Gleiberman, Variety

Please note: The screening on Thursday 7 November is mistakenly labelled as a different film on the printed schedule in our free programme guide. The times stated on this page are the correct times. 

Content Guidance


Themes of suicide. 

Director: Jesse Eisenberg
Running time: 90 minutes
Production year: 2024
Country: USA, Poland
Language: English
UK distributor: Disney
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin

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Constellation

Constellation is the new name for our main programme section where we preview many of the most talked about films of the year and present UK Premieres of films from exciting new filmmakers in our feature film competition.