![]() ![]() Whatever challenges most of us face in trying to support the moral development of our children, we do not have to contend with the effects of Nazi indoctrination, and we do not risk our lives in trying to undo them. The circumstances in which Rosie and Jojo find themselves are, mercifully, unusual. She lavishes affection on Jojo, urges him to have fun and climb trees and tells him that love “is the strongest thing in the world”. His mother, Rosie, who is working with the resistance and hiding a Jewish teenager in the attic, does nothing to encourage her son’s abhorrent worldview, but nor can she risk openly contradicting him. For him, Aryans are good and Jews are bad. The film is set in Nazi Germany and ten-year-old Jojo is a fiercely committed member of the Hitler Youth. ![]() ![]() The protagonist of the decorum-defying but wildly entertaining new film, Jojo Rabbit, sees the world in black and white. ![]()
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