THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS

A powerfully affecting and unusual view of the Holocaust

3rd ESO has seen The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, based on John Boyne's novel. This film shows the Holocaust through the uncomprehending eyes of a child – eight-year-old Bruno, whose Nazi officer father moves with his family to a new home near a concentration camp. Bruno perceives this as a farm, and befriends a Jewish boy Shmuel with devastating consequences.

CAPTAIN FANTASTIC

A witty, unusual, original and thought-provoking film

4th ESO has seen Captain Fantastic, a film about six brothers and sisters, aged seven to 18, who have been raised to fend, fight, and think for themselves in the woods. However, the family is forced by circumstances to reintegrate into society after living in isolation for a decade.