2008 · drama · war · history
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Directed by Mark Herman1h 34m2008
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.
Our read: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · war · history entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme drama / war, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, epic, measured.
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