heartbreaking

Rating: 10/10 (16 January 2014)

I have never felt such a void as I felt after watching this movie. It hurt my heart. The little Bruno is so sweet and caring. He is played to a tee by Asa Butterfield and you love him so much. And his friend Shmuel. Bless their hearts. And Rupert Friend is a believable and cruel Nazi soldier, acting out of fear. As is the heartless dad. Vera Farmiga is so beautiful and blissfully ignorant for the first 2/3 of the movie, but when she knows, you see it is plaguing her. She and Bruno and Shmuel, are the heart but Pavel, is the soul. He is wonderfully portrayed by David Hayman. When he bandages Bruno's knee and the doctor conversation begins, it is pure gold. The guilt Bruno feels for no reason will break your heart. My son began researching concentration camps and learning about history because it was so bizarre to him. He can't believe this kind of thing happened.