Innocence meets tragedy.

Rating: 8/10 (4 June 2009)

Another Nazi movie to grab the movie goers attention. Bruno(Asa Butterfield)is an innocent eight year old kid forced to move because his father(David Thewlis)is promoted to commandant of a concentration camp. The nice estate that becomes home is about a mile away from the camp and Bruno's windows are boarded up, because he has already discovered the "farmers" wearing striped uniforms. Bruno has not been educated about the meaning of the camp and let alone what the fate is of the prisoners held there. The young boy manages to explore his way to the fence and meets another little boy Shmuel(Jack Scanlon). Neither of the little guys make note of their forbidden friendship...a friendship that ends in life changing tragedy. The finale comes with a ton of sorrow that will leave you stunned momentarily. Others in the cast: Vera Farmiga, Domonokos Nemeth, Zac Mantoon O'Brien and Amber Beattie.