The imposter [videorecording]
2013
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Documentary directed by Bart Layton that uses interviews and dramatised recreations to piece together the bizarre story of a missing boy and the young man who impersonated him. Nicholas Barclay was 13-years-old when he disappeared from San Antonio, Texas in 1994, leaving his family bereft. Over three years later, he turned up unexpectedly in Spain and was flown home to his family - albeit this Nicholas spoke with a French accent, had grown a beard and had different-coloured hair and eyes. Astoundingly, the boy's family managed to overlook these glaring irregularities until a private investigator was able to prove that he wasn't their son at all, but rather Frédéric Bourdin, a 23-year-old French con artist. The film explores the human capacity to believe what we want to believe in spite of all evidence to the contrary.
Main title:
The imposter [videorecording] / producer, Dimitri Doganis.
Author:
Layton, Bart, directorNikitin, Anne, music
Imprint:
Revolver Entertainment, 2013.
Collation:
1 videodisc (98 min.) : col.
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English).Made in 2012.Credits: music, Anne Nikitin; cinematographer, Lynda Hall; cinematographer, Erik Wilson; subject, Nicholas Barclay; subject, Frédéric Bourdin.DVDN.Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Audio Description.Credits: director, Bart Layton; music, Anne Nikitin; cinematographer, Lynda Hall; cinematographer, Erik Wilson; subject, Nicholas Barclay; subject, Frédéric Bourdin.
Audience:
BBFC code: 15.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
070.18
Language:
English
BRN:
532445