Lady Of The Lowland - - Audrey (2020, USA, Color/B/W, 100 min) - - 17 March 2021

Recommended. "No one has ever really said anything bad about Audrey Hepburn," says her son, Sean Ferrer, in Helena Coan’s (Chasing Perfect) new Netflix documentary, an attempt by Coan to explore the mystery of such a unique icon. It’s sad that in our cruel times there would be such a hunger to destroy and demean, but don’t count on this remarkable documentary for any dirt. Of course, Hepburn cultivated her public image; it was both her source of income and the reaction of a deeply insecure person, damaged by childhood trauma and abandonment. Her late-life turn from glamour to caritas as a public image is explained in this film as a longing for the affection not received from Hollywood or marriage. This is voiced through Ferrer and his daughter, Emma, who never met her grandmother but well channels her beatitude. Audrey doesn’t reveal a dark side to Hepburn . . . only sadness.