Don’t be fooled by that title, this is no twee kids tale. Based on the book by Irish writer John...
Don’t be fooled by that title, this is no twee kids tale. Based on the book by Irish writer John Boyne, it centres on Bruno, the eight-year-old son of a high-ranking Nazi officer during WWII.
Too young to understand the war around him, Bruno is confused when his father’s new job sees them moving to the country and living next to what looks like a heavily fenced farm, tended by people in striped pyjamas. He’s also baffled by the black smoke billowing from the chimneys over the hill. One day, against his mother’s orders, he goes exploring, reaches the ‘farm’ fence and finds another little boy looking back at him from the other side.
Directed by Mark Herman (Little Voice, Brassed Off), this stars Brit thesp David Thewlis, The Departed’s Vera Farmiga and 10-year-old Asa Butterfield as Bruno.
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Details
- Runtime
- 94
- Genre
- Drama, War
- Country of origin
- UK, USA