In 1994, a thirteen-year-old boy disappeared from San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later, he is found alive and well thousands of miles away in Europe. He tells a story of kidnap and torture when he returns. While his family is excited to bring him home, all is not as it seems…

Has any film been more effective in its blurring of boundaries between fake and real, between truth and fiction? With its stylised restagings and genuine family interviews, all genre tropes collide to investigate this confusing, disturbing, yet fascinating case of theft identity.