When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings
are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family
must move to a new house far away, where there is no one to play with and
nothing to do. But Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be
more to this desolate new place. While exploring, he meets another boy whose
circumstances are very different to his own, and their meeting results in a
friendship that has devastating consequences.