Director Jesse Eisenberg Zoomed in from Budapest to join Kieran Culkin, Jennifer Grey, and producers Emma Stone and Dave McCary for a conversation about A Real Pain, a Spotlight selection of the 62nd New York Film Festival, moderated by NYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim.

In A Real Pain, cousins David (Eisenberg) and Benji (Culkin), having drifted apart over the years, attempt to reconnect on a pilgrimage to the Polish hometown of their grandmother, a Holocaust survivor. Eisenberg’s work of compassion and maturity alternates nimbly between anxious comedy and meditative drama.

A Real Pain opens in theaters on November 1st, courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. Enjoy this conversation and don’t forget to subscribe here for more filmmaker conversations.