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The Imposter

2012 · 99 min

A slippery, unsettling true-crime puzzle that pulls you into a liar's world and keeps you guessing whom to believe.

Directed by: Bart Layton
Genres: Documentary, Mystery, Crime
Starring: Frédéric Bourdin, Carey Gibson, Beverly Dollarhide

Tagline: There are two sides to every lie.
Overview: 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 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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Directed by: Bart Layton
Genres: Documentary, Mystery, Crime
Starring: Frédéric Bourdin, Carey Gibson, Beverly Dollarhide

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
deception
family
obsession
crime
Places: small town
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Realism	9
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Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
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Genres: documentary, mystery, crime
Directed by: Bart Layton
Written by: Bart Layton
Starring: Frédéric Bourdin, Carey Gibson, Beverly Dollarhide, Bryan Gibson, Nancy Fisher, Charlie Parker, Philip French, Codey Gibson
Music: Anne Nikitin
Cinematography: Erik Wilson, Lynda Hall
Runtime: 99 min
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages: English

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