Carlo_M
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I'm sure someone has these answers or maybe I just missed them in the telling of the story, but it appeared to me that the characters didn't act intelligently/
Actually I believe the answers are in the film, but I'm not going to watch it right now to dig up all the facts. It's simply too emotional of a movie and I have to be in the mood to view it.
It is semi-autobiographical - the author did lose his young sister to starvation during the war, but obviously he himself survived. But feeling the guilt and loss, I'm sure he felt like he died (or a big part of him died) along with his sister, hence the book (and movie's) main character also dies.