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The Imposter

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2012
1h 39m
English
Documentary, Mystery, Crime
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In 1994 a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later he is found alive thousands of miles away in a village in southern Spain with a horrifying story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems.
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Cast

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Frdric Bourdin
Adam OBrian
Frédéric Bourdin
Anna Ruben
Carey Gibson
Cathy Dresbach
Nancy Fisher
Alan Teichman
Charlie Parker
Ivan Villanueva
Social Worker
Mara Jess Hoyos
Ken Appledorn
Vice Consul
Mary Twala
Seipati Motshwane
Directed By: Bart Layton
Written By: Bart Layton

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McBauer says...
12 years ago
This interview in the Telegraph actually answers some of the questions the film left me with, worth a read: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmmakersonfilm/9459425/The-Imposter-interview-with-the-Chameleon.html
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razze says...
11 years ago
Wow, this is documentary gets some momentum.
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Ehsan57 says...
one year ago
A well-crafted and astonishing true story, with the only notable flaw being an illogical attempt to vilify the family of the missing boy in an effort to create a plot twist.
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Xiofire says...
2 months ago
Wow, go into this as blind as you possibly can. Fantastic documentary come dramatisation that is equal parts unbelievable as it is harrowing and bleak. The implications of everything here is horrifying, and the fact it happened at all is mindboggling to say the least. Rest in peace Nicolas Barclay; we all know the truth.
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McBauer
7/10  12 years ago
This is one of the craziest stories I've ever heard. The subject matter is fascinating and more than a little creepy - it is hard not to jump to unpleasant conclusions as it progresses, first that the family and law enforcers were monumentally stupid people, and then that the family had a less t More
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kbogesz
CONTAINS SPOILERS6/10  6 years ago
Random thoughts throughout the movie:
- I'm sorry, a 13-year-old child with tattoos? With 3 f*cking tattoos?! Man, that's ridiculous...
- I can imagine how desperate and relieved could have the sister been, but not even looking into his eyes? That would be the first thing I would do. (And More
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