The Princess

[HBO Max] What makes this documentary standout is the way it avoids being a biography of Diana of Wales, to show how her life was viewed through cameras, not just the media. The director chooses images captured by tourists shortly before her accident, and shows the news of her death through a home video of a group of friends playing cards. This view of a public figure from intimacy adds depth to this experience. There is a clear intention to show the points of view, often conflicting, among those who participated in the glorification of the princess. A glorification that is even more excessive seen with the perspective of the years, but that also shows the instability of an institution accustomed to controlling its image when a figure emerges that provokes, and also benefits from, an intense representation in the media.