Overview

• Enigma premiered on June 24 and is available to stream on HBO Max in the US and Sky Documentaries and NowTV in the UK.
• It explores the 1950s Paris nightclub Le Carrousel, where April Ashley and Amanda Lear found a rare refuge for transgender entertainers.
• The documentary examines Ashley’s pioneering gender reassignment surgery, Vogue modelling career and a 1970 divorce trial that established a UK legal precedent later reversed by the 2004 Gender Recognition Act.
• Amanda Lear’s narrative is defined by her consistent denials of transgender identity and of knowing Ashley alongside her strategic cultivation of public intrigue.
• Featuring interviews with former Carrousel stars Marie-Pierre Pruvot and Carla Follis plus advocates Allanah Starr and Morgan M. Page, the film highlights trans resilience across generations.