In 2022, the story of Simon Levy, also known as the Tinder Scammer, captivated Netflix subscribers around the world. This Israeli seduced and raped dozens of women on several continents with promises and lies.
Two years later, the creative team behind this documentary returns with a new, most exciting investigation. Sweet Bobby tells the story of Kirat, a young British woman who falls in love with a man she met online and finds herself involved in a virtual relationship that will turn her life upside down for years.
Subtitles in France “biased fakery”, This documentary only 1h20 is the story of a Cat fishing (or cyber-cheating) especially well together. So much so that it’s hard to believe… and yet.
Be careful who you trust
For Kirat, it all started as a simple story of friendship with a friend far away from his family. His name is Bobby, he is recently divorced and finds some comfort in his relationship with a young woman. Over the months, the two Londoners grow closer. Until disaster strikes Bobby.
In front of the camera, the young woman, now 44, retraces the course of her life and breaks down her online love story with a man she has never met and who will be completely dependent on her.
Kira loses her job, is separated from her family, and suffers from severe anxiety. If Bob never took money from him, his psychological influence would have an irreparable effect on the thirty-year-old. And this for 9 years.
While revealing the identity of the perpetrator is pretty obvious (even if his profile is startling), what we discover next is ultimately far more frightening. And risk being left speechless because the scale of the fakeness is Dantesque.
Documentary narration, build-up, suspense and revelations that arrive in the last half hour make Sweet Bobby particularly effective entertainment. Under no circumstances will you look at your watch and not be able to take your eyes off the screen. Because what Kirat went through could happen to anyone…
The strength of Netflix adapting here Kirat’s podcastMust be able to warn about the dangers of lot fishing and raise awareness among its 300 million subscribers worldwide. And as with the Tinder Scammer, no doubt some viewers will want to seek justice for the young woman…
Source: Allocine

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