Mon Mar 03 00:30:00 UTC 2025: ## Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain” Makes Oscar Buzz
**LOS ANGELES** – Jesse Eisenberg, previously an Oscar nominee for Best Actor, is back on the Academy Awards red carpet, this time as a screenwriter. His film, *A Real Pain*, a Holocaust-adjacent drama co-starring Kieran Culkin, is nominated for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Culkin).
The film, which follows two cousins grappling with their family history on a trip to their grandmother’s ancestral home in Poland, is described by Eisenberg as a realistic portrayal of “ambivalent feelings about history” and the complexities of inherited trauma. Eisenberg’s approach involved filming at the Majdanek concentration camp in a stark, straightforward manner.
Eisenberg walked the red carpet solo, sporting a classic suit. Culkin is considered a frontrunner for his supporting role.
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