This Is a True Story
This Is a True Story
2003, English. Directed by Paul Berczeller.
In December 2001, the world's media reported that a young Japanese woman, Takako Konishi, had died whilst trying to find the money hidden in the snow at the end of the Coen Brothers' film 'Fargo'. The fact that she died outside the town of Fargo was correct. The rest was not a true story. Director Paul Berczeller took it upon himself to look into this tale that the media swallowed so easily, finding that the truth was a lot more tragic and a lot less melodramatic…
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- 0h 24m
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- English
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- 3 July 2003
- Country
- United Kingdom
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This Is a True Story isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 3 July 2003. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed This Is a True Story?
This Is a True Story (2003) was directed by Paul Berczeller and stars Mimi Ohmori.