UK Chosen Film-Boy In The Striped Pyjamas

THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS

Director: Mark Herman

Writer's: John Boyne (novel), Mark Herman (screenplay)

Plot Summary 

This story is set in World War II. In my opinion I think this story is about Bruno the young son of SS Commander Father looking past the divide and just seeing Shmuel for what he was, a person that needed a friend. The family relocates to the countryside so his father can take over the prison camp. Throughout the film you see the family become divided due to the father becoming only focused on the camp and not caring about the family. In the end Bruno leaves thinking he has found a place where he can play but soon things turn to the worst thing imaginable.

My Evaluation

I really got taken in by this film due to the subtle yet amazing performances from all. Each performance fully grasped your attention and made you believe that you were there and having to go through the same experiences and pain they were going through. I think the genre was mainly historical as it was a story set in the time of Hitler and you could truly see the power he had over people from the start much like Bruno's sister who begins to hand Hitler posters up in her room, showing that he is making an influence. It was also a thriller because of the story line and plot, the power of each emotion in the final scene really touched me and it made you think what times must have been like and really how times have changed over the years. The themes really surround themselves around death due to the nature of this film, the destruction of the Jews in the 'showers' and really the destruction on the family. The lighting went from very light to subtle to very dark at the end when the skies open and let down in a way the tears of each person that has lost family, and it that moment it was right because someone had been lost and no one could do anything about it. Sounds throughout worked well with each of the scenes which made you grasp the scene and enjoy it just a little more.

Although the themes and film was quite hard hitting I truly enjoyed every aspect of the film the message its was putting across to just how wrong those times where as Bruno shows it isn't about what you are you a still a person and should be treated like one, not an animal.