The Boy in striped pajamas
Berlin, 1942. Bruno, eight years old, is the spoiled son of a Nazi officer. As his father climbs, the family is forced to leave his comfortable house in Berlin and move to an isolated area where the lonely boy has nothing to do or anyone to play with. Her older sister, Gretel, does not bother to talk to her: she is either too busy with her dolls or talking to one of her father's, the attractive and selling Lieutenant Kotler. Mad with boredom and attracted by curiosity, Bruno ignores what your mother tells you. Under no circumstances should you go beyond the garden. But I've ignored her and the heads for the -granja-which he sees in the distance sneaks out of the house through the back garden in search of adventure. I have wanders through the woods and runs into a fence. On the other side, a small boy in striped pajamas is unloading debris from a wheelbarrow. Bruno is so happy to have found someone of his age to play with, who starts visiting Shmuel, his new friend, every day, without saying anything to his parents or his sister, the boy who has the jail uniform Nazi in which he is looking Like a striped pajama named, Bruno goes and visits him every time he can bring him food and candies play and they become very good friends but one day Bruno is surprised to see Shmuel cleaning the glassware in his house and gives him a cake, but Lieutenant Kotler surprises them together and accuses Shmuel of stealing food. Instead of defending his little friend from the arrogant soldier, Bruno tells Lieutenant Kotler that he had never seen Shmuel. Later, tormented by remorse, Bruno visits the wire several times to apologize to his friend, but the boy in the striped pajamas does not appear. When Shmuel returns at last, his face is marked by a terrible wound caused by the fist of Lieutenant Kotler, and Bruno feels a deep pity for him. However, Shmuel forgives him and they summarize their friendship. In one of his last meetings, Bruno finds out that Shmuel's father has not appeared for three days. Bruno promises to help his friend find his father. It seems a good opportunity to compensate him for having betrayed him before the lieutenant. The day of the transfer to Heidelberg, Bruno escapes to see Shmuel loaded with a shovel and ready to embark on one last adventure. But once he crosses the wire fence, Bruno is immersed in a spooky race that will decide his fate, that of his friend and the innocents on the other side of the fence.