‘Finally on Netflix’ ‘I’m Heartbroken’: This moving film is streaming and subscribers are in tears

This movie joined the Netflix catalog a few days ago and is already in the 2nd place in the top views of the platform. Based on the children’s novel by Irish author John Boyne, this British-American feature film was released in 2008.

Rated 4.2 out of 5 by AlloCiné viewers, this moving historical drama, directed by Mark Herman, plunges us into the horrors of World War II through the eyes of two little boys who are complete opposites but bond in friendship in a tragic context. .

The film is called The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and has shocked subscribers of the platform who have discovered or re-watched this grueling feature film. We follow the daily life of 9-year-old Bruno, who lives with his parents near the Auschwitz concentration camp run by his father, a Nazi officer.

A small boy, oblivious to the horror unfolding before his eyes, observes the imprisoned and tortured men, women and children he sees dressed in “striped pyjamas”. No one explains the situation to him, and Bruno, with all the innocence of a child his age, befriends the Jewish kid Shmuel, despite the barbed wire fence that separates them.

But their fragile friendship will be put to the test, faced with the terrible reality of the Shoah, and their lives will take equally unpredictable and tragic turns.

After the film was posted on the Internet, subscribers and Internet users did not fail to share their emotions on social networks, thanking Netflix for adding The Boy Striped Pajamas to its catalog and expressing sadness for this moving feature film that has just been released. on DVD in France.

The Boy in Striped Pajamas features Vera Farmiga (Conjuring), David Thewlis (Harry Potter), Rupert Friend (Homeland) and Jack Scanlon, but he especially brought out a young Asa Butterfield, who we’ll find later: Nanny McPhee and Big Bang, Miss Peregrine and Peculiar Children, Hugo Cabret and Sex Education series.

You must know that the movie has been eagerly awaited for its arrival on streaming as it has already been talked about a lot With TikTok clips and videos that garner millions of views, by netizens from around the world who are citing the feature film as one of the most moving. But French internet users have yet to discover or see it again. Now it’s done, with a good pack of napkins.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is available on Netflix.