Anora (2024) (original) (raw)

Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled. (less)

Director: Sean Baker
Writer: Sean Baker
Starring: Mikey Madison, Yuri Borisov, Mark Eidelstein, Karren Karagulian, Ivy Wolk, Aleksey Serebryakov

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Review by Brian Orndorf, November 1, 2024

5 / 10

Writer/director Sean Baker enjoys exploring the grittier side of life, often focusing on forgotten members of society as they struggle in the shadows. He experienced a breakthrough with 2015�s �Tangerine,� won a larger audience with 2017�s �The Florida Project,� and took a bit of a career hit after 2021�s little-seen �Red Rocket.� Baker returns to his fixations in �Anora,� which reunites the helmer with the plight of a sex worker stuck in a heightened situation beyond their control. The material aims to offer a comedic understanding of bad decisions and faux bonds, following the eponymous char ...read more...

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