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In the Beginning, 2h10
Directed by Xavier Giannoli
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes L'usurpation d'identité, Escroquerie
Actors François Cluzet, Gérard Depardieu, Emmanuelle Devos, SoKo, Brice Fournier, Vincent Rottiers

The film tells the dramatized true story of Philippe Berre, an actual Frenchman with a reputation as an impostor. In the film, much as actual events, Monsieur Berre goes to a small town, passing himself off as a civil engineer, and claims that the government has decided to start previously scrapped plans for the construction of a highway. He commissions supplies, gains construction vehicles, and brings jobs to the community and actually constructs a section of roadway in the process before being discovered.
Colour Me Kubrick, 1h27
Directed by Brian W. Cook
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, L'usurpation d'identité, Films about psychiatry, Escroquerie
Actors John Malkovich, Marisa Berenson, Marc Warren, Jim Davidson, Richard E. Grant, Ken Russell

Colour Me Kubrick begins with a direct homage to A Clockwork Orange with the after-effects of one of Alan Conway's (Malkovich) minor cons: two thugs are sent to collect a bar bill that Conway has generated by impersonating Kubrick. Conway has provided the address of an elderly couple as Kubrick's home address. Conway is nowhere to be seen, and the thugs are arrested by the police for causing a ruckus outside the house.
Catch Me If You Can, 2h21
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes La provence, Transport films, L'usurpation d'identité, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Heist films, Chase films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Amy Adams, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye

In 1963, teen-aged Frank Abagnale (Leonardo DiCaprio) lives in New Rochelle, New York with his father Frank Abagnale, Sr. (Christopher Walken), and French mother Paula (Nathalie Baye). When Frank Sr. is denied a business loan at Chase Manhattan Bank due to unknown difficulties with the IRS, the family is forced to move from their large home to a small apartment. Paula carries on an affair with Jack (James Brolin), a friend of her husband. Meanwhile, Frank poses as a substitute teacher in his French class. Frank’s parents file for divorce, and Frank runs away. When he runs out of money, he begins relying on confidence scams to get by. Soon, Frank’s cons increase and he even impersonates an airline pilot. He forges Pan Am payroll checks and succeeds in stealing over $2.
Gattaca
Gattaca (1997)
, 1h46
Directed by Andrew Niccol
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Social science fiction, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about computing, L'usurpation d'identité, Films set in the future, Films about disabilities, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Escroquerie
Actors Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Alan Arkin, Loren Dean, Gore Vidal

In "the not-too-distant future", eugenics is common. A genetic registry database uses biometrics to classify those so created as "valids" while those conceived by traditional means and more susceptible to genetic disorders are known as "in-valids". Genetic discrimination is illegal, but in practice genotype profiling is used to identify valids to qualify for professional employment while in-valids are relegated to menial jobs.
Monte Carlo, 1h49
Directed by Thomas Bezucha
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes L'usurpation d'identité, Children's films, Escroquerie
Actors Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester, Katie Cassidy Rodgers, Cory Monteith, Andie MacDowell, Brett Cullen

Grace Bennett is a Texas high-school student who works as a waitress with her best friend Emma Perkins to earn money for a trip to Paris after graduation. Grace's stepfather pays for her stepsister Meg Kelly to come with them on the trip. Emma goes to Paris despite her boyfriend Owen's proposal of marriage. After being left behind by their tour guide, the three girls seek refuge from the Paris rain in a posh hotel. There, the hotel staff and paparazzi mistake Grace for celebutante British heiress Cordelia Winthrop-Scott, Grace's double, who leaves rather than stay to attend an auction for a Romanian charity for which she is to donate an expensive Bulgari necklace. The Americans spend the night in Cordelia's suite, and the next day fly to Monte Carlo with Cordelia's luggage.
No Man of Her Own, 1h38
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes L'usurpation d'identité, Escroquerie
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Phyllis Thaxter, Lyle Bettger, Jane Cowl, Henry O'Neill

Helen Ferguson (Barbara Stanwyck) is eight months pregnant and unmarried. When she goes to her unfaithful boyfriend Morley for help, all he gives her is a train ticket back to where she came from.
Close-Up
Close-Up (1990)
, 1h34
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Origin Iran
Genres Drama, Documentary, Crime
Themes L'usurpation d'identité, Escroquerie
Actors Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Abbas Kiarostami, Abolfazl Ahankhah

Hossain Sabzian is a cinephile, and in particular a big fan of popular Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf. One day, Sabzian is riding a bus with a copy of the novel The Cyclist; Mrs. Ahankhah sits next to him, revealing she is a fan of the novel's film adaptation. Sabzian tells her that he himself is Makhmalbaf, the maker. She is then surprised that a famous director would ride public transportation; Sabzian explains in response (posing as Makhmalbaf) that he finds his film subjects this way, telling her that art must spring from life. Posing as Makhmalbaf from this point on, Sabzian visits the Ahankhah family several times over the next two weeks. He flatters them by saying he wants to use not only their house in his next film, but also their sons as actors in it. He even obtains a substantial amount of money from them (ostensibly to prepare for the film). Mr. Ahankhah has his suspicions, however, especially when a magazine photo shows a younger Makhmalbaf with darker hair than that of Sabzian. He invites a journalist (Hossain Farazmand) over, who confirms Sabzian is indeed an impostor. The police come to arrest Sabzian, while Farazmand takes several pictures for his upcoming article: "Bogus Makhmalbaf Arrested." Kiarostami intersperses these scenes throughout the film, in which the events described above do not progress chronologically; they are re-enactments.
Carbon Copy, 1h45
Directed by Jean Dréville
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes L'usurpation d'identité, Escroquerie
Actors Louis Jouvet, Suzy Delair, Annette Poivre, Jean-Jacques Delbo, Jean Carmet, Madeleine Suffel

La ressemblance étonnante entre un homme insignifiant, Gabriel Dupon, représentant en boutons, et un cambrioleur de grande envergure, le photographe Manuel Ismora, permet à ce dernier de réussir des vols sensationnels. Or Dupon s'éprend de Coraline, la maîtresse d'Ismora qui est séduite par la tendresse du bonhomme.
Two Lives
Two Lives (2012)
, 1h37
Directed by Judith Kaufmann, Georg Maas
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes L'usurpation d'identité, Escroquerie
Actors Liv Ullmann, Juliane Köhler, Ken Duken, Dennis Storhøi, Rainer Bock, Ursula Werner

It is based on an unpublished novel, Ice Ages, by German author Hannelore Hippe. (It has since been published.) She was inspired by reports in the late 1980s of the discovery of the half-burned body of a young woman near Bergen, and there was speculation as to her identity. This was just before the fall of the Berlin Wall and reunification of Germany.
Despair
Despair (1978)
, 1h59
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, L'usurpation d'identité, Films about psychiatry, Escroquerie
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Andréa Ferréol, Klaus Löwitsch, Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Alexander Allerson

Hermann Hermann is a successful entrepreneur in the 1930s Germany. As the Nazis gradually rise to power, Hermann, who is a Russian émigré, becomes increasingly frightened and mentally unstable. His attempts at leaving the country are accompanied by symptoms of madness, the most vivid being his belief that he found his exact double, although the person in question differs from him in every respect. He creates an elaborate plan that would allow him to flee to Switzerland, but it soon becomes unclear whether his voyage leads him to a neutral country or merely allows him to take refuge in his madness.
Orphan
Orphan (2009)
, 2h3
Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about adoption, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, Medical-themed films, L'usurpation d'identité, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about school violence, Escroquerie, Personne sourde ou muette, Sign-language films, American Sign Language films, Films about language and translation
Actors Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder, Jimmy Bennett, Margo Martindale

Kate and John Coleman (Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard) are experiencing strains in their marriage after their third child was stillborn. The loss is particularly hard on Kate, who is also recovering from alcoholism. The couple decides to adopt a 9-year-old Russian girl, Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman) from a local orphanage. While Kate's and John's deaf daughter Max (Aryana Engineer) embraces Esther immediately, their son Daniel (Jimmy Bennett) is less welcoming. Kate suspects that there might be problems in Esther's background when Esther's knowledge of sex extends beyond her age. Her suspicions deepen when Esther seriously injures another girl who had bullied her.
In the Shadow of Iris, 1h39
Directed by Jalil Lespert
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, L'usurpation d'identité, Erotic films, BDSM in films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, Escroquerie, Striptease
Actors Romain Duris, Charlotte Le Bon, Jalil Lespert, Adel Bencherif, Camille Cottin, Sophie Verbeeck

Iris, la femme d’Antoine Doriot, un riche banquier, disparaît en plein Paris. Max, un jeune mécanicien endetté, pourrait bien être lié à son enlèvement. Mais les enquêteurs sont encore loin d’imaginer la vérité sur l’affaire qui se déroule sous leurs yeux.
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession, 1h33
Directed by Leonid Gaïdaï
Origin Russie
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comic science fiction
Themes Théâtre, L'usurpation d'identité, Time travel films, Comedy science fiction films, Films based on plays, Escroquerie
Actors Yury Yakovlev, Leonid Kouravliov, Alexandre Demianenko, Natalya Seleznyova, Vladimir Etouch, Natalia Kratchkovskaïa

The story begins in 1973 Moscow, where Engineer Aleksandr (Shurik) Timofeev (Aleksandr Demyanenko) is working on a time machine in his apartment. By accident, he sends Ivan Vasilevich Bunsha (Yuri Yakovlev), superintendent of his apartment building, and George Miloslavsky (Leonid Kuravlev), a small-time burglar, back into the time of Ivan IV "The Terrible". The pair is forced to disguise themselves, with Bunsha dressing up as Ivan IV and Miloslavsky as a knyaz of the same name. At the same time, the real Ivan IV (also played by Yuri Yakovlev) is sent by the same machine into Shurik's apartment, he has to deal with modern-day life while Shurik tries to fix the machine so that everyone can be brought back to their proper place in time. Superintendent Bunsha and Tzar Ivan IV the Terrible are lookalikes but have completely different personalities, which results in funny situations of mistaken identity. As the police (tipped off by a neighbor who was burgled by Miloslavsky) close in on Shurik, who is frantically trying to repair the machine, the cover of Bunsha and Miloslavsky is blown and they have to fight off the Streltsy, who have figured out that Bunsha is an impostor. The movie ends with Bunsha, Miloslavsky, and Ivan IV all transported back to their proper places, although the entire episode is revealed to be a dream by Shurik.
I Married a Shadow, 1h50
Directed by Robin Davis
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes L'usurpation d'identité, Escroquerie
Actors Francis Huster, Richard Bohringer, Madeleine Robinson, Guy Tréjan, Véronique Genest, Victoria Abril

Enceinte de huit mois, Hélène Georges est abandonnée par son compagnon, Franck, dans une ville industrielle du Nord. Désemparée, elle se rend à la gare et prend le premier train en partance pour le sud. Au wagon-restaurant, elle fait la connaissance de Patricia, accompagnée de son mari Bertrand Meyrand, fils aîné d'un riche viticulteur-négociant du Bordelais, qui s'apprête à présenter à sa famille sa jeune épouse, également enceinte. Patricia emmène Hélène, qui lui ressemble vaguement, dans son compartiment où elles bavardent. Quelques instants plus tard, le train déraille. Après l'accident, Hélène se réveille et comprend que la belle-famille de Patricia la prend pour elle. Perdue, sans famille, elle est prise au jeu de la belle-famille de Patricia qui veut prendre soin d'elle. Elle s'éprend vite de Pierre, le frère de son pseudo défunt mari et réciproquement, avec l'accord plus ou moins tacite des parents, Matthieu et Léna Meyrand. Mais alors qu'Hélène est désormais heureuse dans cette famille, Franck réapparaît et exerce un chantage. Franck informe la mère de Pierre de l'usurpation d'identité et elle fait une attaque. Au cours d'une dispute, sans réelle conviction meurtrière, Hélène tue Franck. Pierre dissimule le cadavre. En mourant, Léna pardonne à Hélène qu'elle aime énormément et endosse la responsabilité de l'homicide pour qu'Hélène et son fils vivent heureux.
Jack and Jill, 1h31
Directed by Dennis Dugan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, L'usurpation d'identité, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Escroquerie, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Al Pacino, Adam Sandler, Katie Holmes, Eugenio Derbez, Regis Philbin, Shaquille O'Neal

The film opens with homemade videos of fraternal twins Jack and Jill Sadelstein growing up. As the videos progress, it seems that Jack is the more gifted twin, with Jill constantly trying to get his attention by hitting him, hurting girls around him, etc. The story shifts to the present, where an adult Jack (Adam Sandler) is a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife, Erin (Katie Holmes), and two kids, Sofie (Elodie Tougne) and Gary (Rohan Chand), while Jill (Sandler) never left the working-class neighborhood they grew up in. Jill recently inherited her childhood home, having lived with their mother until her death one year ago.