This is the Pure Movies review of The Imposter by Michael Holder. The film is directed by Bart Layton and produced by Poppy Dixon and Dimitri Doganis. The film stars Frederic Bourdin, Adam O'Brian, Carey Gibson and Anna Ruben. Truth is stranger than fiction, as Lord Byron once wrote. But fiction was invented because, most of the time, truth is either too boring or painful. So on the odd occasion when truth is actually very, very strange indeed, it’s destined to be made into a feature film at a single shake of a lamb’s tale. Thus, when documentary-maker Bart Layton stumbled upon this fascinating story of a Frenchman who in 1997 convinced a Texan family he was their missing 16-year-old son Nicolas Barclay, he could probably scarcely believe his luck that no one had documented the story on film before.
- 8/25/2012
- by Michael Holder
- Pure Movies
Bart Layton's The Imposter, which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January, investigates the disappearance of Nicolas Barclay, a 13-year-old Texas boy in 1994 who miraculously resurfaces in Spain years later in the form of a man who may or may be the same person. Ahead its theatrical release on July 13, The Hollywood Reporter has an exclusive "Telling the Story” featurette about the making on the documentary. Film Review: The Imposter The clip features Layton, along with the producers, discussing how they first learned of the story and how they translated that to
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- 7/3/2012
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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