How to describe this documentary -- your jaw will drop.
"The Imposter" was done in 2012. A 13-year-old boy, Nicholas, disappeared from his family home in San Antonio, Texas in 1994 and turned up three years later in Spain. The person claiming he was Nicholas was an imposter -- and an obvious one. In fact, his eye color was different from Nicholas. The family, however, welcomed him with open arms and seemed to believe him.
"Nicholas" -- who spoke English with an accent -- appeared on a TV news show and while filming it, the investigator who had been sent to find him for the interview became suspicious and was convinced that he was not Nicholas.
This opened up a new set of questions: Why had this family accepted such an obvious imposter as Nicholas? And if he wasn't Nicholas, who was he? This is a knock your socks off documentary, absolutely fascinating and very well done. See what you think.
"The Imposter" was done in 2012. A 13-year-old boy, Nicholas, disappeared from his family home in San Antonio, Texas in 1994 and turned up three years later in Spain. The person claiming he was Nicholas was an imposter -- and an obvious one. In fact, his eye color was different from Nicholas. The family, however, welcomed him with open arms and seemed to believe him.
"Nicholas" -- who spoke English with an accent -- appeared on a TV news show and while filming it, the investigator who had been sent to find him for the interview became suspicious and was convinced that he was not Nicholas.
This opened up a new set of questions: Why had this family accepted such an obvious imposter as Nicholas? And if he wasn't Nicholas, who was he? This is a knock your socks off documentary, absolutely fascinating and very well done. See what you think.