and he asks his uncle "You're not going to let them do anything to me, right?" and his uncle looks at him and says "No, I'm not going to let them do anything to you" with this look of sadness (and shock, hearing a fully grown man asking him if he will allow a bunch of old people to hurt him or not, like he can't defend himself) really got me. They both sold that moment before the door opened up. That movie had some really great acting in it, now that I think about it.