The Imposter (2012)

Directed by

Bart Layton

Genre

documentary film, biographical film, crime film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

R

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 803 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary recounts how a French impostor convinced a Texas family that he was their missing son. It blends interviews with the man and the family alongside dramatic reenactments.

suspensefulunnervinginvestigativebizarrepsychologicalsomberintriguing

What happens

The Imposter is a 2012 documentary film about the 1997 case of a French confidence trickster Frédéric Bourdin, who pretended to be Nicholas Patrick Barclay, an American boy who had disappeared in Texas at the age of 13 in 1994. The film was directed by Bart Layton. It mainly includes interviews with Bourdin but also with members of Barclay's family, as well as archive television news footage and reenacted dramatic sequences. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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