A Russian oligarch’s son gets together with an American stripper in the Cannes Festival winning film.
Anora
- Date:
- from
17 Oct 2024
- Age restrictions
- 18+
2024, Sean Baker
United States
139 minutes, English with Russian subtitles
Starring: Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian
A young rich man and his entourage show up at the strip club where Ani works. He likes the girl so much that soon he will take her to Vegas to have fun, where he will marry her out of excess feelings. Did the heroine’s dream come true? Only until the moment when the parents find out about their son’s marriage.
Shot from Anora, 2024
Amazing, full-throttle tragicomedy of romance, denial and betrayal.
— Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
The plot of Anora shows what Pretty Woman could have been if it had not been filmed through rose-coloured glasses. The film seems to embody the spirit of the times, as opportunistic as it is chaotic.