ANORA
Dir Sean Baker | USA | 2024 | 139 mins | Rated 18 | English, Russian, Armenian
Anora dances at a strip club and engages in sex work on the side. She might be tougher than she lets on but her life is a bit of a mess. So when Vanya, a wealthy Russian, offers her thousands of dollars to be his girlfriend for the weekend she jumps at the chance. When the pair impulsively get married in Las Vegas, her chance of a Cinderella story seems real. But when news reaches Russia Vanya’s oligarch father is enraged, and sets out to get the marriage annulled and destroy Anora’s fairytale ending.
Starring Mikey Madison, Paul Weissman, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov
AWARDS AND FESTIVALS
Cannes Film Festival: Winner, Palme d’Or
Toronto International Film Festival: Nominee, People’s Choice Award
British Independent Film Awards:Winner, International Independent Film Award
Gotham Awards: Nominee, 4 awards including Outstanding Lead Performance & Best Director
REVIEWS
“…at its heart this is a film about the transactional relationships between men and women and how deleterious that capitalistic spirit can be on the human soul.” ★★★★★ Christina Newland, iNews
“Each change of tone is handled with sinuous ease by Baker, one of the best independent directors, who is finally getting the props he deserves.” ★★★★★ Ed Potton, The Times
“Sean Baker’s amazing, full-throttle tragicomedy of romance, denial and betrayal.” ★★★★ Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
“Madison uses her liquid eyes and wary, rubbery smile not to win us over a la Julia Roberts but to show how Ani sheds her illusions and comes to understand both her own power and the larger powerlessness of a working woman in a world run by men and boys…” Ty Burr, Washington Post
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