Jesse Eisenberg He became an official citizen of Poland after the award of his film “A Real Pain” in the country, with an Oscar last Sunday.

The dramatic comedy follows two incompetent cousins, played by Eisenberg and Kiran Calkin, who travel to Poland the death of their beloved grandmother, who had survived the Holocaust.

Kalykin won a lot of prizes during the awards season for his performance and completed it with an Oscar for a male role.

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Eisenberg, who wrote the script and directed the film, may not have had his own Oscar to celebrate, but just a few days later he received Polish citizenship from the country’s president, Andrzey Dunda.

Speaking during the New York ceremony the actor said: “He honors me incredible. This is a life honor and something I have been interested in for two decades. “

A source of inspiration for the film “A Real Pain” was Eisenberg’s aunt, who died in 2019 and had fled to the US from Poland in 1938.

“While we were turning the film to Poland and walking the streets and began to feel a little more comfortable in the country, something was so obvious, which is that my family had lived in this place much longer than we lived in New York.” added Eisenberg.

“And of course, the story ended so tragically, but besides this tragedy of history was the tragedy that my family no longer felt anything to do with Poland. And that regretted me and confirmed to me that I really wanted to try to reconnect as much as possible. “ pointed out. “I really hope that tonight and this amazing honor is the first step to reconnect on behalf of my family with this beautiful country.”

In an interview with the Polish newspaper Głos Wielkopolski explained that both his family and his wife were from Poland. He added that the shooting of “A Real Pain” in Poland reminded him of stories he had heard from his family when he grew up and made him want to “build better relationships between Jews and Poles”.