El impostor

Hotel room. Night. A dripping faucet. Textile scion James Wayland becomes prime suspect in a sex worker's particularly brutal homicide. During interrogation, Wayland, a known manipulator, turns the tables on two detectives. A grim neo-noir for fans of Mamet.

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Jonas Pate directed El impostor in 1997. See Jonas Pate's full filmography, where to start with Jonas Pate, or where to go after you've seen everything by Jonas Pate.

El impostor was released in 1997 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 106 minutes.