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Fake (2024)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
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Story:
Inspired by the 2019 book with the same name by Stephanie Wood, the series follows a smart magazine writer who thinks she has found her ideal match when she meets a successful grazier on a dating app. The writer later discovers that he is not all that he has led her to believe.
Style:
romantic drama, psychological thriller, suspense, tension, twisted, dramatic
Plot:
online dating, deception, manipulation, investigation, investigative journalism, rancher, confrontation, character study, domestic drama, small town, realism, moral ambiguity, isolation, suburban life, social media, slow burn, writers, liar
Time:
contemporary
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Duration: 312 min.
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