Réalisation:
Bart LaytonPhotographie:
Erik WilsonActeurs·trices:
Ellenie Salvo González, Ronald Kukulies, Nils Brunkhorst, Frank Maier, María Jesús HoyosVOD (1)
Résumés(1)
Juin 1994: dans la chaleur étouffante du Texas, Nicholas Barclay (Nicholas Barclay) - un petit garçon de 14 ans - disparaît sans laisser de traces. Trois ans plus tard, dans un petit village espagnol, un couple de touristes signale la présence d'un adolescent perdu, complètement apeuré et recroquevillé sur lui-même. Après plusieurs heures de mutisme complet, le jeune inconnu finira par lâcher son nom: Nicholas Barclay... Le soulagement est total pour la famille, et la soeur se précipite dans un avion dans le but de ramener le frangin disparu. Peu importe qu'il parle avec un drôle d'accent et qu'il ressemble plus à un épicier de Barbès qu'à un blondinet texan, la famille y croit tellement fort que l'imposteur ravale rapidos sa salive de manipulateur et finit par se demander si, des fois, ce ne serait pas lui, le dindon de cette farce macabre... (Imagine Film Distribution)
(plus)Critiques (3)
Brilliant! A very smartly put together documentary that beautifully plays with the willingness of people to believe in what they want to believe and make sense of things that lack any rational justification. It will leave your head in a stew. Yeah and, lying is bad! :-D
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A great true crime documentary that is more intense, smarter, colder, and overall better than True Detective and The Serpent combined. The story focuses on a young 16-year-old guy who claims to be the missing son of a grieving family from Texas. It tells about the abduction and torture he endured for three years. It’s very interesting and captivating, and the last half hour has such explosive and shocking twists that I am truly surprised how they managed to shock me multiple times in a row. I haven't seen such intelligently constructed and chilling thriller in a long time. Truly remarkable. 8/10.
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There is a man who wants to pretend to be someone else. He is a chameleon. He pretended to be a son who was missing for three years. The missing person was from Texas, and the person pretending to be him was French. Nevertheless, they believed him. It's an unbelievable story that shows how people want to believe and how naive they can sometimes be. When a person wants to, they can truly do almost anything. Strong, not so much in terms of what happened, but that it can even happen at all. The film has excellent acted passages.
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