In 1994, a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later, he is found alive in a village in southern Spain with a horrifying story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems.
Directed by Bart Layton
kidnapping
investigation
fake identity
biography
disappearance
investigator
stolen identity
missing child
child kidnapping
identity theft
missing son
Rank
#31 in 2012·#2211 overall
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.8 / 5
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Cast
Frédéric Bourdin
Self
Anna Ruben
Carey Gibson
Cathy Dresbach
Nancy Fisher
Iván Villanueva
Social Worker
María Jesús Hoyos
Judge
Ken Appledorn
Vice Consul
Mary Twala
Granny
Seipati Motshwane
Rethabile
Crew
Bart Layton
Director
Bart Layton
Writer
Molly Thompson
Executive Producer
John Battsek
Executive Producer
Simon Chinn
Executive Producer
Popular Reviews
146 reviews
Gabriela Melisa
7.0★ · 04/18/26
I can’t lie, he hit those moves at the end
I can’t lie, he hit those moves at the end
Justin Segrest
8.0★ · 02/25/26
life is truly stranger than fiction. there is a 0% chance you could have written this and anyone would have thought it was plausible.
life is truly stranger than fiction. there is a 0% chance you could have written this and anyone would have thought it was plausible.
Clayton
9.0★ · 01/23/26
The fuck do you mean TRUE STORY?? I didn’t realise this was a real documentary 😭 I thought it was a film with a script but shot in the style of a documentary, what a good watch
The fuck do you mean TRUE STORY?? I didn’t realise this was a real documentary 😭 I thought it was a film with a script but shot in the style of a documentary, what a good watch
Maddison Rose
10.0★ · 01/06/26
Frederic is on another level, so bizarre from start to finish
Frederic is on another level, so bizarre from start to finish
