Title🎞️: 🔥 Real Pain 🔥
Release Date: April 28, 2024 | Premiered at Sundance Film Festival | 90 mins
🏆 Winner of the 82nd Golden Globe Awards
Story Insight
Real Pain delivers a profoundly moving story: Cousins David and Benji, long estranged, reunite for a guided tour of Poland to honor their late grandmother and visit her homeland. Benji’s blunt humor and spontaneity quickly win over fellow travelers, leaving the socially awkward David both envious and anxious. As buried tensions rise, Benji’s recklessness spirals into chaos amid triggers throughout the journey. David struggles to mediate, but a storm of unease brews within him.
The Deep Divide
The brothers embody two sides of one soul:
- Benji lives freely in the present, embracing his true self—yet unable to connect his experiences into a coherent narrative, leaving him stuck without a future.
- David plans meticulously for tomorrow by suppressing his past, sacrificing his ability to fully feel the now.
Can this roots-seeking journey heal their unspoken wounds?