Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner ANORA is an audacious, thrilling, and comedic variation on a modern day Cinderella story. Mikey Madison (ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD) captivates as Ani, a young sex worker from Brooklyn whose life takes an unexpected turn when she meets and impulsively marries Vanya, the impetuous son of a Russian billionaire. However, when Vanya’s parents catch wind of the union, they send their henchmen to annul the marriage, setting off a wild chase through the streets of New York.
Cannes Film Festival – Won: Palme d’Or
New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Won: Best Screenplay
Golden Globes – Nominated: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Female Actor, Best Male Actor Supporting
Spirit Awards – Nominated: Best Feature, Best Director, Best Lead, Best Supporting Performance
Gotham Awards – Nominated: Best Feature, Best Director, Outstanding Lead, Outstanding Supporting
Astra Film Awards – Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor
I know you won’t believe it’s as good as everyone is saying it is until you hear it from me so here you are: yes, it’s as good as everyone is saying it is. -The Spectator
“Anora” isn’t a fairy tale that plays by the rules of Prince Charmings and happy endings. Instead, it thankfully explores something more real: people just trying to get through the day with some sense of hope and human connection. -USA Today
At once a frenzied fairy tale and a tender-hearted character study, Anora is an intoxicating pairing of director and star. Baker’s unique, humanistic approach to filmmaking is as riveting and rewarding as ever. -Empire Magazine
Yet again, Sean Baker nails it. Anora somehow straddles a fine line as the year’s funniest and most heart-wrenching movie. -Chicago Reader
In an awards season of overlong seriousness, Madison’s Anora pops like Shirley MacLaine in The Apartment. -AARP Movies
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… -Washington Post
‘R’ 139min
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