This documentary was like a film within a film, that did not seem like a documentary, but more of a mystery thriller TV episode. It was paced well and the presentation was very well done and, it kept you well entertained. I had guessed within the first 5 minutes or less - as I am sure the many who have seen it did also - that the heroine of the story was...I won't say more so as not to give the story away if you have not yet viewed this superb bio film. I was not however expecting her to have such a complexed personality disorder. I initially had just thought she was a despicable fraud.

Of the 135 documentary films I have so far watched this year, this is definitely in my top 10!

I'm not sure why there's reviews of 1 basically explaining the documentary like they know something that other viewers don't. I'm pretty sure they didn't watch this, did a quick Wiki search and jumped to a dumb conclusion. The whole point is that the story was fictional, hence the documentary about an incredibly interesting story of lies and deceit that fooled everyone.

Some documentaries are hard to review without at least a partial spoiler: this one is a story of a woman who made up a best-selling story about being a holocaust survivor who had lived with wolves (and who apparently proved it, years later, but putting her head in the mouth of one!). She fell out with (and sued) her publisher, only for the latter to investigate her past (which perhaps she should have done before publishing); the truth that came out was interesting in itself. This is a story about lies but also self-deception (perhaps on the part of multiple parties); and on some people's ability to become who they want to be, regardless of whether that's who they actually are. It also has genuine roots in the horrors of World War Two, albeit not the ones it claimed to have had. It's not as extraordinary as the J. T. Leroy story, but it's still both strange and thought-provoking.