Anora (2024) is an American independent drama directed by Sean Baker and starring Mikey Madison. The film follows a young Brooklyn sex worker whose impulsive marriage to the son of a Russian oligarch spirals into a collision between fantasy, class, and harsh reality. Blending raw realism with darkly comic undertones, the film explores power, money, and personal agency in contemporary America. Anora won the Palme dOr at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Picture, earning widespread critical acclaim.

Criterion Collection

Contemporary cinemas foremost chronicler of American dreamers and schemers hustling on the margins of capitalist promise, Sean Baker, reaches new heights of mastery with this audacious anti Cinderella story a whirlwind neorealist screwball comedy with an aching heart. In an electric, star-is-born performance, Mikey Madison soars as Anora, an enterprising, ferociously foulmouthed Brooklyn erotic dancer and sex worker whose Prince Not-So-Charming comes along in the form of a Russian oligarchs wild-child son (Mark Eydelshteyn). This is the beginning of a fractured fairy tale also featuring standout performances from Karren Karagulian, Yura Borisov, and Vache Tovmasyan that turns the cruel realities of class inside out. Winner of the Palme dOr at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, Anora confirms Baker as one of our preeminent auteurs.

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A young escort from Brooklyn meets and impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairy tale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

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Version: : Blu-Ray (import)

Språk : English

EAN : 5060952898587

Label : Criterion Collection

Distributor : Criterion Collection

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