In shock

I'm still reeling from a film I saw last night.

My boyfriend and me settled down last night to watch The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Now, don't get me wrong, I was under no illusion that this was going to be a happy film. I knew it was one that looked at concentration camps during WWII and I knew that it wasn't going to be a happy ride.

But I just wasn't prepared! It completely devastated me from the moment I first saw one of 'farmers'.

Looking at the holocaust from the view of an 8 year old was a completely original idea. Bruno doesn't know what a concentration camp is, he doesn't understand why he's being taught to hate 'the Jew', he doesn't understand why his older sister has posters of Hitler on her wall and he doesn't understand why his new friend isn't allowed to come and play him and why he has to wear striped pyjamas all the time.

The ending of this film is brilliant. Not in a happy ending way, believe me, there is nothing happy about this ending. I was crying ten minutes before the credits rolled just anticipating what was happening. I was so scared I was nearly strangling my pillow! The ending is brilliant because you genuinely feel the horror of the situation.

This film is not entertainment. But it is a must see.

I can't even review this film to you because I'm just overwhelmed by it.
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