The boy in the striped pyjamas

The boy in the striped pyjamas is directed by Mark Herman (2008). The film based on the novel by John Boyne and it sets in the Second World War. The movie is about a 8-year-old boy named Bruno (Asa Butterfield) whose father Ralf (David Thewlis) is German soldier. One day the family must move to the country, next to the concentration camp. Bruno doesen’t like their new home because the place is boring and he has no friends. However there is a backyard where he is not allowed to go and of course he wants to take a look what there is. Bruno founds a garden shed. He sneaks off the window and goes to the camp and meet Shmuel (Jack Scanlon). Bruno doesen’t understand why is Shmuel in the camp. He visits to Shmuel every day and bring him some food, eventually he realizes that Shmuel is a Jew. Bruno’s mother Elsa (Vera Farmiga) can’t stands the events of the camp and she wants to move away with children. Bruno’s sister Gretel (Amber Beattie) is happy when she hears that they move closer their relatives and friends but Bruno is sad. He decides to meet Shmuel for the last time but then he finds out that Shmuel’s father is missing. Next day he comes again to the camp, digs under the fence and puts on the same outfit than all prisoners have. Now boys are ready to find Shmuel’s father. At the end of the movie Bruno and Shmuel and many other Jews die in the gas chamber.

I liked movie although it was really hard to watch but it felt real and it is sad that things what happened in the movie have been true. The atmosphere of the movie was oppressive and children’s innocence was touching. But the end was tragic, I just couldn’t help crying. The movie left me speechless and also a little angry. I just can’t undestand why people have been so stupid. I’m so happy that I can live in this world even if there are a lot of problems. Hopefully people have learned something from that time.