The ‘Anora’ Trailer Previews An Unlikely (And Award-Winning) Love Story About A Sex Worker And A Russian Oligarch’s Son

After releasing the number one movie in the country (minus Minions 4 ), Neon has unveiled the first trailer for Anora .

Written and directed by Sean Baker , the drama is about a sex worker living in Brooklyn, played by Better Things actress Mikey Madison in an “unforgettable” performance , who marries one of her clients (Mark Eidelstein), the son of a Russian oligarch. He doesn’t tell his family about the wedding, however, and they travel from Russia to New York to force a divorce.

You can watch the red-band trailer above.

Anora was the fifth Neon film in a row to win the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, after Parasite , Titane , Triangle of Sadness , and Anatomy of a Fall . It was also the first American movie to take home the prestigious honor since 2011’s The Tree of Life .

Madison, who has been killing it for years in projects like in Scream and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood , talked to Deadline about her role in Anora . “It’s different than any character I’ve ever played before, in every single way,” she said. “It was definitely the most preparation, physically and emotionally I’ve ever done for a character, because Sean likes to mix professional actors with newcomers, and I wanted to be so confident and sure of who I was that I would fit into that environment in an honest and truthful way.”

Anora opens in theaters on October 18.