A disco queen who may or may not be a Surrealist painting come to life.
She is one of the most mysterious icons of the pop world; fame at any price was always her credo: Amanda Lear. She became Salvador Dalí's muse at an early age and had relationships with musicians such as Bryan Ferry, David Bowie and Brian Jones. She developed as a model, painter, writer, singer and androgynous disco queen. "Queen Lear" tells the story of her many lives.
Acting
Amanda Lear's greatest role: playing Amanda Lear for 50+ years.
Direction
Gero von Boehm lets the myth breathe without puncturing it.
Production
Archive footage so lush you'll swear you can smell hairspray.
Director
Gero von Boehm
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lear allegedly burned her early photographs; the documentary scrambles for visual evidence like a true crime case.
Her androgynous disco persona directly influenced Grace Jones and later generations of gender-fluid pop performers.
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