The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a fictional story that offers a unique perspective on how prejudice, hatred and violence affect innocent people, particularly children, during wartime. Through the lens of an eight-year-old boy largely shielded from the reality of World War II, we witness a forbidden friendship that forms between Bruno, the son of Nazi commandant, and Schmuel, a Jewish boy held captive in a concentration camp. Though the two are separated physically by a barbed wire fence, their lives become inescapably intertwined. The imagined story of Bruno and Shmuel sheds light on the brutality, senselessness and devastating consequences of war from an unusual point of view. Together, their tragic journey helps recall the millions of innocent victims of the Holocaust.This is one of those movies that simply reaches in to your chest and rips your heart out. This probably would have made my top ten list had I seen in theaters when it came out last year. As if these things having happened wasn't disturbing enough, the movie portrays it through the eyes of a child. The innocence and confusion of it all through the children's eyes brings it all to a newly disturbing level. The movie is so well crafted that you are literally talking to the screen while watching the ending unfold.
This movie is an absolute must see for all. Go and rent this movie right now.
