The Imposter

The Imposter

  • Director: Bart Layton
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom, United States
  • Language: English, Spanish
  • Release date: August 24, 2012
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Самозванець
  • "The Imposter" is a documentary film directed by Bart Layton, which was screened at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2012   .
    The film tells the story of a 23-year-old liar who tried to impersonate the missing American young Nicholas to obtain the identity of a US citizen, and was finally exposed   .

    Details

    • Release date August 24, 2012
    • Filming locations San Antonio, Texas, USA
    • Production companies 24 Seven Productions, A&E IndieFilms, Channel 4

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $898,317

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $22,379

    Gross worldwide

    $3,001,877

    Movie reviews

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    • By Matt 2022-04-27 06:01:02

      incredible

      A very simple antisocial personality criminal who can commit so many crimes of impersonation at the age of 23 without any serious punishment. . . They can also get married and have children. What these prisoners have in common is that they only care about themselves and other things? FUCK THE REST OF THEM. This is how the West condones criminals step by step. . .

      It is difficult for a smart person to be recognized in Western logic. It is very simple, even the pupil of the eye can be...

    • By Chase 2022-04-27 06:01:02

      Why do bad guys look straight into the camera?

      In 1994, a 13-year-old boy from Texas went missing on his way home. Three and a half years later, his family thought he was dead. News comes from Spain about a boy claiming to be the missing Nick. Nick's sister, Carly, came to Spain to bring him back home to Texas. In fact, this guy is a liar and doesn't look like Nick at all. But the Nick family has so misunderstood the child. why? Fake Nick, the liar who said that Nick's family accepted him, there must be an unspeakable reason, that is,...

    • By Devon 2022-04-27 06:01:02

      The truth always shrouded in mist

      The story comes from life!...

      There is no Sherlock Holmes, no Poirot, no Agatha Christie's world where everything can be found...

      So, this movie has no end, two stories, watch Which one do you choose to believe?

      The kind one...some parts are completely inexplicable...the cruel one cannot be accepted

      ...also has a flaw that can be quickly identified...

      truth... It 's always so hard to find...whether it's stained with blood....

      everyone...

    • By Reed 2022-04-27 06:01:02

      When we're serious about making a bad movie

      After five minutes of watching the movie, I started to feel nauseated. It's really disgusting to play this fake Nick. I think about it, the casting was successful, so keep watching.
      As a result, since Nick lied to the Children's Home, I began to doubt my own three views.

      ============Enter the dividing line of Tucao==============================

      Nima he put himself How did he get a girl to tattoo him when he was locked in the room! ! !
      Where did he find the tools to...

    • By Guido 2022-04-27 06:01:02

      The mother killed, Jason is only an insider, and he witnessed the crime of his mother, leaving a shadow, so he took drugs

      I think there is something wrong, why not test the impostor to prove that what the impostor accused must be the truth, and Nicholas's cousin Jason is definitely not the one who killed Nicholas, Jason is just an insider, he knows it's his mother Killed Nicholas, so I knew that it was an impostor who came back, and it must never be his brother, so I felt that there was nothing to celebrate, so I didn't rush home in such a hurry, Jason died later, maybe it was also killed by my mother, because my...

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    • By Isabel 2023-09-26 10:07:33

      As a documentary, it is more suspenseful than a feature film. I feel that future suspense films can learn from the narrative techniques of this film. In the detective or crime films we have seen in the past, the police always look for clues to uncover the truth, but this film uses the perpetrator as the keynote speaker, and he personally explains the occurrence of the crime, which can not only promote the development of the plot but also Analysis of criminal psychology, it is...

    • By Janiya 2023-09-22 01:15:32

      Damn, it was made into a suspense film, and in the end, there was a kind of cheating... Of course, it still made people exclaim: There are all kinds of wonders in the...

    • By Andy 2023-09-21 20:25:26

      It was relatively plain in front and saw that it turned into "hoo" later...

    • By Jacklyn 2023-09-05 16:28:59

      I don't care if it hurts, I wanna have control, I want a perfect body, I want a perfect...

    • By Jerald 2023-09-04 10:10:32

      Is it sadness, helplessness, longing, and hope that are too strong to blind the eyes, or the truth of the accomplices with ghosts in their hearts only they will know the truth, the impostor can succeed and it has nothing to do with acting. Everything is because others gave him a...

    Background creation

    In 2009, director Bart saw the story about "The Imposter" Frederic Bourdain in a Spanish magazine, and was immediately attracted by the character's extraordinary experience. After Bart further checked the information to understand the details of Frederick's life, the embryonic form of a documentary film also took shape in his heart. In order to explore the true psychology of "The Imposter", Bart found Frederick, Nick's family, the...
    more about The Imposter Background creation

    Movie quotes

    • 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.