Anora (18)

A young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story in Sean Baker's Oscar winner.
Fri 7 Mar - Thu 27 Mar
Fri 7 Mar
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Thu 27 Mar

Anora returns to our screens to celebrate its Oscars wins for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and more!

Baker presents a modern-day Cinderella story about Ani, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, meeting Vanya, a spoiled son of a Russian oligarch, who offers her a glamorous new life of possibility and incredible wealth.

Ani’s wild ride and fairy tale is soon threatened when news of their whirlwind marriage gets back to Russia, resulting in Vanya’s parents flying to New York to manage the situation.

Both wildly entertaining and heartbreaking, Anora takes audiences on a freewheeling, rambunctious adventure that escalates to dizzying levels. Drawing comparisons to Pretty Woman, it constantly plays with genre and audience expectations. But what shines through most, as it does in all of his films, is Baker’s love for and unwillingness to judge his characters.

 

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Anora (18)
Director
Sean Baker
Cast
Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov
Duration
139 min
Opening
Fri 1 Nov
Year
2024
Country
United States
Language
English, Armenian, Russian
Subtitles
Partial English

Certificate: 18

Baker brings the same spontaneous, seat-of-your-pants energy to Anora that he did to Tangerine before this..

Variety