The Boy In The Striped Pajamas.

In a hand full of films about the crucial genocide of the Jewish, most of the time, the point of view is from a Jew. In the book(by John Boyne) turned film, The Boy In Striped Pajamas, it takes us along the ride of a German family's point of view, particularly a young German boy named Bruno. Here's the synopsis:

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.(Click here for full description)

Mark Herman, the director, did a fantastic job capturing the beauty of innocence and friendship in such a horrid time period. There really isn't much I can say without giving up the whole movie. It truly is a strong film and I advise the weak stomachs to not enter such a powerful film. Other than that, I'll end this post with a quote:

[Bruno arrives in front of the barbed wired fence and meets Shmuel who is on the other side. Bruno is trying to understand why he is in there.]

Bruno: Why what have you done?

Shmuel: I'm a Jew

-Little Miss Sunshine