Director
Sean Baker
Composer
Keith Joseph Anderson
Cast
Mikey Madison, Paul Weissman, Mark Eidelshtein
Edition 2024
139'
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2024
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Drama, Comedy, Romance
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Format:
DCP
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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