Contemporary cinema’s foremost chronicler of American dreamers and schemers hustling on the margins of capitalist promise, Sean Baker, reaches new heights of mastery with this audacious anti–Cinderella story—a whirlwind neorealist screwball comedy with an aching heart. From quick-cut montages to anxious extended sequences, Anora showcases a filmmaker in brilliant command of his craft, expertly upholding a tragicomical tone for a story that keeps us on the edge of our seat.
Anora (Mikey Madison), a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.
Accolades
Winner • Best Picture, Director, Editing, Actress, and Original Screenplay at the 97th Academy Awards®
Winner • Best Feature, Director, and Lead Performer at the 2025 Independent Spirit Awards
Winner • Outstanding Producer at the 2025 Producer's Guild of America Awards
Winner • Outstanding Director at the 2025 Director's Guild of America Awards
Winner • Best Original Screenplay at the 2025 Writer's Guild of America Awards
Winner • Palme d'Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival
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This film is produced by Alison Cohen, Olivia Kavanaugh, Samantha Quan, and Elizabeth Siegal.
