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Completed - ENGLISH - Documentary, Drama - 91 minutes

Log Line

This is the incredible story of one of the greatest deceptions of all time, in which a 23 year old Frenchman convinces the authorities and a grieving family that he is their lost child. But all is not as it seems....

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2011 (Debut)
  • AFM 2011 (Line up)
  • Berlin EFM 2012 (Screening)
  • Cannes 2012 (Screening)
Full history

Year of production : 2011

Director(s) : Bart LAYTON
Producer(s) : Dimitri DOGANIS (Raw), John BATTSEK (Passion), Simon CHINN (Passion)

Synopsis

In 1994 a 13-year-old boy disappears without trace from San Antonio, Texas. Three years later the boy is found alive halfway across the world in Spain with accounts of a horrifying kidnap ordeal. His family is overjoyed to bring him home - but all is not quite as it seems. This is the incredible story of one of the greatest deceptions of all time, in which a 23 year old Frenchman FREDERIC BOURDIN convinces the authorities and a grieving family that he is their lost child. However, the longer Bourdin lives with the family, the more he begins to wonder how a mother could fail to know her own son, or a sister her own brother. Feeling increasingly trapped by his own ruse, THE IMPOSTER begins to question whether in fact HEis the one being conned.

Production

Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM

AUSTRALIA MADMAN ENTERTAI
BELGIUM Apr 17, 2013 IMAGINE FILM DI
GERMANY ASCOT ELITE ENT
ITALY WANTED
NETHERLAND Feb 28, 2013 IMAGINE FILM DI
NETHERLAND KON-TIKI ACQUIS
RUSSIA ORGANIC FILMS
SPAIN May 10, 2013 AVALON DISTRIBU
SWEDEN NONSTOP ENTERTA
UKRAINE ARTHOUSE TRAFFI
UNITED KIN PICTUREHOUSE CI
UNITED KIN REVOLVER
UNITED KIN SECRET CINEMA
USA GATHR FILMS


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Festivals and Awards

Miami IFF 2012 (Grand Jury Award)
Deauville American FF 2012 Docs de l'Oncle Sam
Warsaw FF 2012 Documentaries


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