Jesse Eisenberg: 'Is our modern pain valid?'

Little White Lies
Story by Darren Richman
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Jesse Eisenberg opens up about his Polish roots and the challenges of depicting a concentration camp in his new dark comedy-drama
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  • Eisenberg drew on his own Polish heritage to inform the film's themes of intergenerational trauma and the validity of modern pain
  • Filming scenes in an actual concentration camp location proved emotionally taxing, but Eisenberg felt it was essential to authentically capture the gravity of the setting
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Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
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