The Imposter

The Imposter

Movie |

Child Kidnapping | Kidnapping

  • Duration: 1h 35min
  • Music: Philippe Barnes,Anne Nikitin
  • Award(s): BAFTA Film 2013 (Won)
    BAFTA Film 2013 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: God Knows Where I Am, Death of a President
  • Story:
    It’s 1994: a 13-year-old boy disappears from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three and a half years later, he is found alive, thousands of miles away, in Spain. Disoriented and quivering with fear, he divulges his shocking story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not what it seems. Sure, he has the same tattoos, but he looks decidedly different, and he now speaks with a strange accent. Why doesn't the family seem to notice these glaring inconsistencies? It's only when an investigator starts asking questions that this astounding true story takes an even stranger turn.
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7.5/10
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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
It’s 1994: a 13-year-old boy disappears from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three and a half years later, he is found alive, thousands of miles away, in Spain. Disoriented and quivering with fear, he divulges his shocking story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not what it seems. Sure, he has the same tattoos, but he looks decidedly different, and he now speaks with a strange accent. Why doesn't the family seem to notice these glaring inconsistencies? It's only when an investigator starts asking questions that this astounding true story takes an even stranger turn.
Ratings

7.5/10

IMDb

AWARDS

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Won
BAFTA Film Award

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer Director or Producer | 2013

Grand Jury Prize Award

Knight Documentary Competition | 2012 | Bart

Cinema Eye Honors Award

Outstanding Achievement in Production | 2013

KCFCC Award

Best Documentary | 2012

GAFCA Award

Best Documentary Film | 2013

Golden Eye Award

Best International Documentary Film | 2012 | Bart

AFCA Award

Best Documentary | 2012 | Bart

Special Mention Award

International Competition | 2013 | Bart

ALFS Award

Documentary of the Year | 2013

COFCA Award

Breakthrough Film Artist | 2013 | Bart

Evening Standard British Film Award

Best Documentary | 2013

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Nominations
BAFTA Film Award

Best Documentary Film | 2013 | Bart

Grand Jury Prize Award

World Cinema Documentary | 2012 | Bart

EDA Award

Best Documentary Feature Film | 2013 | Bart

AFCA Award

Best Documentary (Local or International) | 2014

Emmy Award

Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft Editing Documentary and Long Form | 2014 | Andrew

ICS Award

Best Documentary | 2013

ALFS Award

Breakthrough British Filmmaker | 2013 | Bart

British Film of the Year | 2013

COFCA Award

Best Documentary | 2013

OFCS Award

Best Documentary | 2013

SIYAD Award

Best Foreign Film | 2013

HFCS Award

Best Documentary Feature | 2013

Cinema Eye Honors Award

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking | 2013 | Bart

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | 2013 | Lynda

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score | 2013

NCFCA Award

Best Documentary Film | 2013

Critics Choice Award

Best Documentary Feature | 2013

Breakthrough Award

2013 | Bart

Golden Trailer Award

Best Foreign Documentary Trailer | 2013

Audience Award

2013 | Bart

Festival Favorites | 2012 | Bart

Big Stamp Award

International Competition | 2013 | Bart

British Independent Film Award

Best Director | 2012 | Bart

Best Technical Achievement | 2012 | Andrew

Best Achievement in Production | 2012

Best British Independent Film | 2012

DFCC Award

Best Documentary | 2012

ICP Award

Best Documentary | 2012

DFCS Award

Best Documentary | 2012

Golden Frog Award

Feature Documentary Films Competition | 2012 | Lynda

WAFCA Award

Best Documentary | 2012

BOX OFFICE

Box Office Collection 898,317 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

The family of Nicholas Barclay initially declined to participate in the documentary, as they felt they had been unfairly portrayed in the media in the past, and they had lost much of their home video footage of Nicholas in a fire. They eventually consented to be interviewed, and the small amount of footage that has survived was used.

The disappearance of Nicholas Barclay didn't even make the local news. He wasn't reported missing for three days, and because he had run away in the past and had a juvenile court hearing coming up to decide if he would be sent to a juvenile facility, the police assumed initially that he had run away again. A few weeks later, the police did begin investigating and discovered that he hadn't taken any money or possessions.

Sylvie Cohen's debut.

Popular Dialogues

"Frédéric Bourdin - Imposter: Before I was born, I definitely had the wrong identity. I already didn't know - I was already prepared not to know who I really was. A new identity with a real passport, an American passport... I could go to the U.S., go to school there, live with that family, and just being someone and don't have never again to worry about being identified. I saw the opportunity."

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