THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS

"Lines may divide us, but hope will unite us. "

Director: Mark Herman
Writers:
John Boyne (novel)
Mark Herman (screenplay)
Release Date: 14 November 2008 (USA)
Genre: Drama | War

Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations

BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS 2008
Won:
Best Actress - Vera Farmiga

Nominated:
Best Director - Mark Herman
Most Promising Newcomer - Asa Butterfield

CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2008
Won:
Audience Choice Award - Mark Herman

Cast:
Asa Butterfield as Bruno
Vera Farmiga as Mother
Amber Beattie as Gretel
David Thewlis as Father
Jack Scanlon as Shmuel
Richard Johnson as Grandpa
Sheila Hancock as Grandma
Gábor Harsai as Elderly Jewish Man (as Gabor Harsay)


Plot:
*Set during World War II, a story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.

After the movie, I sat firmly and stared blankly in space. It's seemingly very stunning! With great minds from the author of the novel to the director's creativity and ingenuity comes a very exceptional movie on how a young boy loses his childhood innocence when he befriended an enemy.

Personal Rating: 9/10

*see more at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0914798/
*photo by http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3096/2789432359_81ce91b517.jpg