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On June 13th, 1994, 13-year-old Nicholas Barclay went out to play basketball with some of his friends in his home town of San Antonio, Texas. He never made it back home. Three years and four months later, the Barclay Family received a call from the American Embassy to Spain, who told them that a young man claiming to be Nicholas Barclay had been found in the country. His sister, Cary Gibson, flew all the way across the Atlantic to confirm that it was her little brother and brought him home.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })But it wasn't him.The Imposter is a 2012 documentary directed by Bart Layton, which chronicles the story of Frédéric Bourdin, a French confidence artist who impersonated Nicholas and inserted himself into his family. It tells things both from the perspective of the Barclay family, desperate to believe their son was back, and Bourdin, desperate not to be found out, as an investigation into him and what happened to Nicholas continues on. | |
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Adult Fear: Your son goes out with his friends one day and then never comes home. Years later, someone claiming to be your son calls you and you learn just what a horrifyingly traumatic experience he's been through. | |
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Downer Ending: Bourdin's act is discovered and he's sent to prison before being deported back to France. The Barclays are left even more hurt and angry after his con, especially after charges of homicide are made against them but without enough evidence for a case. Nicholas is still listed as a missing person to this day. | |
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Anti-Villain: While Bourdin is undoubtedly a criminal, he often comes across as sympathetic. | |
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Dark and Troubled Past: Bourdin himself was born to a 17-year-old mother who had a relationship with an Algerian man, something her racist grandfather absolutely despised and repeatedly told her to abort the child. The backstory he creates to explain Nicholas' disappearance. According to him, after he got done playing basketball, he was chloroformed, blindfolded and shoved into a truck with other children by military personnel. They were taken to Europe, forced not to speak English, sexually abused and beaten daily, tortured, and experimented on. | |
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