The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a 2008 British-Irish
historical-drama buddy film based on the novel of the same name by John Boyne.
The film stars Asa Butterfield as Bruno and Jack Scanlon as Shmuel. Set during
World War II, the story is seen through the eyes of Bruno, the eight-year old
son of the extermination camp’s Nazi commandant. It unfolds after Bruno’s
family relocates from Germany to Poland after his father is promoted. At the
new home, he hates that there is nobody to play with and that there is little
to explore. He one day disobeys his parents by sneaking off beyond the house
and eventually arrives at the fence of the camp where he befriends a Jewish boy,
Shmuel, who asks for food on the other side of the fence.
If you ever decide to watch this film (which I recommend you
do), bring the tissues. The film is so much more devastating and intense as
compared to the novel. The characters of the two innocent boys are well played
and had me in tears at the end of the film, even though I knew what was coming.
The Holocaust is an emotionally demanding subject and having this told through
two young boys is powerful.
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