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The Chameleon (2010)

The Chameleon poster
Directed by
Jean-Paul Salomé
Genre
drama film
Country
France, United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
R
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 46 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man impersonates a missing child and moves in with the child's family. The film shows how he maintains his false identity and the tense reactions of those around him.

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What happens

The Chameleon is a 2010 drama film directed by Jean-Paul Salomé, who co-wrote the screenplay with Natalie Carter. The film is based upon the true story of Frédéric Bourdin who impersonated a missing child named Nicholas Barclay in San Antonio, Texas, in the 1990s. Much of the true story was incorporated into the film although the years have been altered and the location was moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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