The Imposter

The Imposter

The Imposter

7.3/ 10

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2012

Release Year

99 min

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Documentary

Mystery

Crime

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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Keywords

kidnapping

investigation

fake identity

biography

disappearance

investigator

stolen identity

missing child

child kidnapping

identity theft

missing son

Trailer

Cast

Frédéric Bourdin

Frédéric Bourdin

Self

Carey Gibson

Self - Nicholas' Sister

Beverly Dollarhide

Self - Nicholas' Mother

Bryan Gibson

Self - Nicholas' Brother-in-Law

Nancy Fisher

Self - Special Agent, FBI

Charlie Parker

Self - Private Investigator

Philip French

Self - Spain Consul General

Codey Gibson

Self - Nicholas' Nephew

Kevin Hendricks

Self - Nicholas' Childhood Friend

Adam O'Brian

Frédéric Bourdin (Actor)

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Reviews(1)

7.0avg rating

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

October 8, 2026

7

7/10

Initially, I watched this thinking it could only happen in the USA. A woman who had never left her country and who genuinely seemed quite impressed that they had Coca Cola in Madrid was not going to prove so very hard to convince of something she wanted to be convinced of anyway! That's because her …