1) I thought this film was really good at portraying how the children experienced the Holocaust. They were innocent and didn't know what was going on. Its ending was really surprising that Bruno died at the end, but it was ironic because his father was the Commodant. I feel bad for Bruno's family, but it was a bittersweet sympathy. No child should deserve to die at such a young age that way, but the father and mother knew they lived near a camp and tried to act as if everything was normal. Bruno's sister got caught up in the propaganda, until she realized what was actually happening.
2) I think this film wasn't that accurate. I don't think Schmoel would've been able to sit and talk to Bruno and go unnoticed day after day of their encounters. I also don't think it would have been that easy for Bruno to go under the fence. It is also hard to believe that Schmoel was not sent directly to the gas chambers considering his young age.
3) I wouldn't recommend this film to others if it was the only one they could view because it centers around Bruno's life more than the Holocaust. Bruno was a German so he didn't experience all the affects the Jews went through. It also didn't show the brutality to the extent that the Jews recieved from the Nazis.
4) The next scene of the film I could see Bruno's father going into the gas chambers and searching for his son among the corpses. Then I could see the mother and daughter leaving the father for the country after Bruno's funeral.
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