The Imposter
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Nominated: Bart Layton, Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema, Documentary, Sundance Film Festival Awards
2012
A film by Bart Layton
Starring Adam O'Brian, Frederic Bourdin and Carey Gibson
A documentary centered on a young Frenchman who convinces a grieving Texas family that he is their 16-year-old son who went missing for 3 years.
Based on a true story, The Imposter is documentary filmmaking turned film noir. In 1994, a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later he is found alive thousands of miles away in a village in southern Spain, telling an elaborate story of kidnap and torture.
His family is overjoyed to have him back, but everything may not be as it seems. His strange accent and changes in appearance all seem to be suspicious inconsistencies, yet the family seems not to notice. It’s only when an investigator starts asking questions that this story takes an even stranger turn. With all of the twists of a true thriller, The Imposter challenges our perceptions of the truth, and every new revelation leaves the viewer on the edge of their seat.
You won’t be able to get it out of your head.
—Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rarely has the con game, and the human capacity to believe in improbable outcomes, been taken to such extremes as we see in “The Imposter,” a dark, gripping and provocative film by Bart Layton that has the documentary world buzzing.
—Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
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Technical Information
- Production Year
- 2012
- Country of Production
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Running Time
- 99 mins
Past Screenings (since April 2nd, 2009)
- Sunday, Sep 16, 2012
- 11:30am
- Saturday, Sep 15, 2012
- 11:30am
- Thursday, Sep 13, 2012
- 9:50pm · 7:40pm · 5:30pm
- Wednesday, Sep 12, 2012
- 9:50pm · 7:40pm · 5:30pm
- Tuesday, Sep 11, 2012
- 9:50pm · 7:40pm · 5:30pm
- Monday, Sep 10, 2012
- 9:49pm · 7:40pm · 5:30pm
- Sunday, Sep 9, 2012
- 9:50pm · 7:40pm · 5:30pm · 3:30pm · 1:30pm
- Saturday, Sep 8, 2012
- 9:50pm · 7:40pm · 5:30pm · 3:30pm · 1:30pm
- Friday, Sep 7, 2012
- 9:50pm · 7:40pm · 5:30pm · 3:30pm
- Thursday, Sep 6, 2012
- 9:50pm · 7:40pm · 5:30pm
- Wednesday, Sep 5, 2012
- 9:50pm · 7:40pm · 5:30pm
- Tuesday, Sep 4, 2012
- 9:50pm · 7:40pm · 5:30pm
- Monday, Sep 3, 2012
- 9:50pm · 7:40pm · 5:30pm · 3:30pm
- Sunday, Sep 2, 2012
- 9:50pm · 7:40pm · 5:30pm · 3:30pm · 1:30pm
- Saturday, Sep 1, 2012
- 9:50pm · 7:40pm · 5:30pm · 3:30pm · 1:30pm
- Friday, Aug 31, 2012
- 9:50pm · 7:40pm · 5:30pm · 3:30pm
- Thursday, Aug 30, 2012
- 9:50pm · 7:40pm · 5:30pm
- Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012
- 9:50pm · 7:40pm · 5:30pm
- Tuesday, Aug 28, 2012
- 9:50pm · 7:40pm · 5:30pm
- Monday, Aug 27, 2012
- 9:50pm · 7:40pm · 5:30pm
- Sunday, Aug 26, 2012
- 9:50pm · 7:40pm · 5:30pm · 3:30pm · 1:45pm
- Saturday, Aug 25, 2012
- 9:50pm · 7:40pm · 5:30pm · 3:30pm · 1:45pm
- Friday, Aug 24, 2012
- 9:50pm · 7:40pm · 5:30pm · 3:30pm
See http://musicboxtheatre.com/showtimes for all currently scheduled films.

