The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - This is an incredible film. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a film without a happy ending. It was truly amazing. I’m going to have to add this to my collection. I wasn’t sure what the film was about, but one of my film buddies knew I would like it and they were right. The film stars David Thewlis and Vera Farmiga as the parents of an 8 year old boy who doesn’t understand why the Germans hate the Jews. Having his father as an officer he takes a job and the young boy has to leave his friends behind. In his need for adventure, the curiosity of the farm peeks his interest. He soon finds a way to get off the grounds and discovers a young boy his own age who happens to be Jewish. A friendship develops as the young boys try to come to an understanding of why one can’t be with the other. In a turn of events, the young German boy ends up in a pair of striped pajamas.
I highly recommend this emotionally charged film. It has a great sound track and the cast is great. You can see the emotion in their eyes and see and feel their change within about the decision they have made.
The film is in German with English subtitles, but its worth the look. For the ladies, it is a tear jerker.
Hilde’s Journey was an interesting film about a man that dies and the attempts his family goes to that his wishes are not fulfilled. There’s betrayal, on all levels as the friends lover tries to see that the wishes are honored. He drives to Paris to scatter the ashes in the sea with the ex- lover who was granted a substantial amount of money, but is being duped by the man’s family who does not wish to acknowledge that he was gay and died of aids. It’s an interesting film as we get to know the characters and the real relationship to the deceased, Martin Hilde.
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