Anora is the latest film that is written and directed by Baker, who previously made 2015’s Tangerine, 2017’s The Florida Project , and 2021’s Red Rocket, among other titles. The film won the Palm d’Or (the highest award given at the event) at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in May 2024.
“Anora, a sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and marries the son of an oligarch,” reads the official synopsis for the film. “Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.”
Anora stars Mikey Madison (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Scream) as the titular character. The cast of the movie also includes Mark Eidelstein, Yuri Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Lindsey Normington, Ivy Wolk, and Luna Sofía Miranda.
“I became friends with [sex workers] and realized there were a million stories from that world,” Baker said of Annora at a Cannes press conference in May 2024, via Variety . “If there is one intention with all of these films, I would say it’s by telling human stories, by telling stories that are hopefully universal. It’s helping remove the stigma that’s been applied to this livelihood, that’s always been applied to this livelihood.”
Madison also said, “All of the lap dance scenes were very fun to shoot as well because the environment on set was very comfortable,” Madison continued. “After a little bit, I was almost too comfortable in those situations, especially walking around the club. All the women are naked, and I was too, and it was normal.”
Anora releases in United States theaters on October 18, 2024, from Neon.
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