Enigma

Jan 28, 2025

1h 34m

★ 5.3

Choose your destiny.

Overview

Two legends contested their identities as women in the court of public opinion: April Ashley, who was immortalized as a trailblazer by embracing her transgender history; and Amanda Lear, who has consciously denied and obfuscated her history for decades. Their divergent paths reveal disparate but intertwined legacies.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Story Syndicate

Five All in the Fifth Entertainment

Pacific Films

Enigma Trailers

Cast

Self

April Ashley

Self

Amanda Lear

Self

Marie-Pierre Pruvot

Self

Allanah Starr

Self

Morgan M. Page

Self

Dolly Van Doll

Narrator (voice)

Rebecca Root

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Salvador Dalí

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

David Bowie

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tina Turner

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jean-Paul Gaultier

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