Taglines: She thought she was living the dream.
Anora movie storyline. Ani is a young Uzbek-American stripper from Brighton Beach, a Russophone enclave in New York City. As she is somewhat conversant in Russian, her boss fixes her up with Russian-speaking clients. After meeting Vanya, the son of a Russian oligarch, a romance kindles that leads to their elopement. Their fairytale marriage is threatened when the man’s parents travel to New York to force an annulment.
Anora is a 2024 American comedy-drama film written, directed and edited by Sean Baker. It stars Mikey Madison in the title role of an exotic dancer and follows her beleaguered romance with the son of a Russian oligarch. Other cast are Mark Eidelstein, Yuri Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Lindsey Normington, Ivy Wolk, Luna Sofía Miranda, Alena Gurevich and Darya Ekamasova.
Worldwide distribution rights were acquired by FilmNation Entertainment in October 2023. The film was then sold by FilmNation to Le Pacte for France, Lev for Israel, Kismet for Australia and New Zealand, and Focus Features/Universal Pictures International for the rest of the world excluding North America in deals similar to those made on Baker’s previous film, Red Rocket. In November 2023, Neon acquired North American distribution rights to the film and was released it on October 18, 2024.
Anora premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2024, and won the festival’s Palme d’Or on May 25. It earned a 10-minute standing ovation at the end of its screening. It became the fifth consecutive Palme d’Or winner distributed by Neon in the United States; previous winners include Parasite, which would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, Titane, Triangle of Sadness, nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Anatomy of a Fall, also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.[15] It is also the first American film to win the Palme d’Or since 2011’s The Tree of Life.
Anora (2024)
Directed by: Sean Baker
Starring: Mikey Madison, Mark Eidelstein, Yuri Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Lindsey Normington, Ivy Wolk, Luna Sofía Miranda, Alena Gurevich, Darya Ekamasova
Screenplay by: Sean Baker
Production Design by: Stephen Phelps
Cinematography by: Drew Daniels
Film Editing by: Sean Baker
Costume Design by: Jocelyn Pierce
Set Decoration by: Christopher Phelps
Art Direction by: Ryan Scott Fitzgerald
Music by: Matthew Hearon-Smith
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Neon
Release Date: May 21, 2024 (Cannes), October 18, 2024 (United States)
