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Narrative
Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch
Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.. IMDb Editor Arno Kazarian offers up quick takes on 12 movies he screened at the 2024 New York Film Festival, including Anora and the dangerous, curiously erotic Misericordia.. At the Cannes Film Festival press conference, Mikey Madison said that director Sean Baker would act out different sex positions with his wife, producer Samantha Quan, to demonstrate to the actors what he wanted them to do.. In a Vegas scene, a character refers to "McCarran Airport." While the international airport in Las Vegas had been known as McCarran International Airport for many decades, its name was changed to Harry Reid International Airport in late 2021..
Referenced in Close-Up: Anora (2024)
Igor: PLEASE! STOP! SCREAMING!. Sean Baker returns to his wheelhouse of exploring the dingy edges of society.
Their chemistry is instant and spellbinding
This is a story of tormented love, a fiery look at how a young woman, scraping by as a sex worker in Brooklyn, sees her hopes and dreams become insanely real when she meets her prince charming, the son of a Russian oligarch. Her life changes dramatically as they get married.Mikey Madison is miraculous as the young woman whose fairy tale dream comes alive. But unlike Elizabeth Taylor in "Butterfield 8" or Elisabeth Shue in "Leaving Las Vegas", the female protagonist here never becomes the classic hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold. She remains tough as nails, chock full of rage and ready to throw her next punch until the very end.
Many have referred to this as partly a comedy
While she never becomes a savory person, her resolve never wanes. She knows how to stick up for herself and rejects with fury those who fail in this regard. It's one of the best performances of the year.Just when you think you know where this is going, it upends your expectations and proves to be a much more challenging film with a sobering reality at its core. In all honesty, that's a bit of a stretch, notwithstanding a dark sense of humor.
Recommended to the highest degree
Fair warning, this film is pretty taxing on the psyche. You might be exhausted in the end. But it's a memorable film that will leave you in devastated awe.
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