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Sean Baker

Anora

Director Sean Baker Composer Keith Joseph Anderson Cast Mikey Madison, Paul Weissman, Mark Eidelshtein
139' - 2024 - Drama, Comedy, Romance - Format: DCP - Dialogue: Russian, English
When a Brooklyn sex worker marries a sweet but immature Russian nepo baby, bringing down the wrath of the boy's parents upon them, a frantic rollercoaster across New York ensues. Destigmatizing sex work, Sean Baker's Palme d'Or winner is a kinetic and messy 'us-against-the-world' screwball comedy that ups the ante with every minute. It's a Cinderella story on crack, making a star out of lead actress Mikey Madison.
Anora, a sassy Brooklyn sex worker with a thick ‘New Yawk’ accent, and the Russian juvenile nepo baby Vanya get married in Vegas during a ketamine-filled weekend, just after he had hired her for the week to be his "girlfriend". Far from a terrific plan it seems, especially when Vanya’s enraged parents dispatch a couple of goons to annul the marriage. It’s director Sean Baker’s self-written chaos and he succeeds in doubling it down into a kinetic screwball-tragicomedy that fits right between Uncut Gems, Pretty Woman, an adult-only version of Cinderella and – according to the jury in Cannes, where it won the Palme d’Or – the classic structures of Ernst Lubitsch and Howard Hawks. Anora is another entry in Baker’s ever-impressive oeuvre which destigmatizes sex work and humanizes its characters whatever the line of work they’re in. Actress Mikey Madison (remember the name!) sinks her teeth into a role for the ages, becoming a star in the process.

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Credits

Directors

Sean Baker

Composers

Keith Joseph Anderson

Cast

Mikey Madison, Paul Weissman, Mark Eidelshtein

Scenario

Sean Baker

Director of Photography

Drew Daniels

Editors

Sean Baker

Producers

Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan

Production studios

Cre Film, FilmNation Entertainment

Distributor

Sony Pictures Releasing Films

More info

Dialogue

Russian, English

Countries of production

United States of America

Year

2024

Filmography

Sean Baker
Four Letter Words (2001), Take Out (2004), Prince of Broadway (2008), Starlet (2012), Tangerine (2015), Snowbird (Short 2016), The Florida Project (2017), Khaite FW21 (short, 2021), Red Rocket (2021), Anora (2024)

Technical Specs

Format
DCP