Jesse Eisenberg opens up about his Polish roots and the challenges of depicting a concentration camp in his new dark comedy-drama
beat sheet
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
Jesse Eisenberg opens up about his Polish roots and the challenges of depicting a concentration camp in his new dark comedy-drama
beat sheet
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