Swank Motion Pictures, Inc.

David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, Amber Beattie
Miramax Films; Directed by Mark Herman
Rated PG-13; 94 minutes; 2008

This unique film tells the story of the Holocaust through the eyes of eight-year-old Bruno whose father is a Nazi commander at Auschwitz. Bruno strikes up a friendship with a Jewish boy, Shmuel, through the fence surrounding the camp where everyone wears striped “pyjamas.” Their friendship will have startling and unexpected consequences for both of them.