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Jesse Eisenberg Granted Polish Citizenship Days After Poland-Set ‘A Real Pain’ Takes An Oscar

Jesse Eisenberg, who says he reconnected with his family's Polish roots while filming A Real Pain, was granted Polish citizenship by President Andrzej Duda.

And I really hope that tonight in this ceremony and this amazing honor is the first step for me and my family to reconnect with this beautiful country.” A Real Pain, which Eisenberg wrote, directed and starred in (along with Kieran Culkin, who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar Sunday), chronicles the journey of two American cousins who set out for Poland to honor, and learn more about, their recently deceased grandmother, a Holocaust survivor. Eisenberg has said that his real-life inspiration behind A Real Pain was his great aunt Doris, who died at 106 in 2019.

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