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Studio: Miramax Films
Release Date: Dec 5, 2008
Running Time: 93 mins.
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
Country Of Origin: United States
starring: Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend, Cara Horgan, David Hayman, Asa Butterfield, Amber Beattie, Sheila Hancock, Richard Johnson, Jim Norton
director: Mark Herman
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Eight year-old Bruno is the sheltered son of a Nazi officer whose promotion takes the family from their comfortable home in Berlin to a desolate area where the lonely boy finds nothing to do and no-one to play with. Crushed by boredom and compelled by curiosity, Bruno ignores his mother’s repeated instructions not to explore the back garden and heads for the ‘farm’ he has seen in the near distance. There he meets Shmuel, a boy his own age who lives a parallel, alien existence on the other side of a barbed wire fence. Bruno's encounter with the boy in the striped pajamas leads him from innocence to a dawning awareness of the adult world around them as his meetings with Shmuel develop into a friendship with devastating consequences.
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The Boy in The Striped Pajamas is a fine example of the "almost" school of filmmaking. It is "almost" a good film about family, in the same way that it is "almost" a good film about childhood friendships. In the end, however, it… Other reviews
Powerfully moving, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a must-see, unforgettable motion picture experience that will be talked about for years to come. Story Adapted from John Boyne's award winning novel, Pajamas presents a different view of the Holocaust, told as a fable primarily through the eyes of an 8-year-old German boy, Bruno (Asa Butterfield), whose father, a Nazi officer (David Thewlis), is transferred from Berlin to a desolate outpost. Bruno finds nothing much to do and no new friends to… 
PETER TRAVERS -
November 13, 2008
You may not buy into actors playing Nazis with high-toned Brit accents, but the power of this Holocaust tale sneaks up and floors you. Writer-director Mark Herman has adapted John Boyne's novel with admirable restraint. Eight-year-old Bruno (Asa Butterfield) isn't pleased when he and older sister Gretel (Amber Beattie) are forced to leave their friends in Berlin and settle in a remote area where Bruno's commandant father (David Thewlis) has been stationed. The kids and their mother (Vera… cast + crew
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