Anora

 Anora 

is a 2024 American romantic comedy-drama film produced, written, directed, and edited by Sean Baker. It follows the beleaguered marriage between Anora Mikheeva (Mikey Madison), a sex worker, and Vanya Zakharov (Mark Eydelshteyn), the son of a Russian oligarch. The supporting cast includes Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, and Aleksei Serebryakov.

Anora premiered on May 21, 2024, at the 77th Cannes Film Festival to critical acclaim, and was released theatrically on October 18 by Neon. It grossed $41 million worldwide on a $6 million budget, becoming Baker's highest-grossing film.

Anora received numerous accolades. At the 97th Academy Awards, Anora won five of its six nominations: Best Picture, Best Actress for Madison, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, and Best Directing. It also won the 2024 Palme d'Or, was named one of the top ten films of 2024 by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute, earned two British Academy Film Awards including Best Actress for Madison, and received five nominations at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards (including Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical).[5]

Plot

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Anora "Ani" Mikheeva is a 23-year-old stripper living in Brighton Beach, a Russian-American neighborhood in Brooklyn. Her boss introduces her to Ivan "Vanya" Zakharov, the young son of a wealthy Russian oligarch, Nikolai Zakharov. Vanya is in the United States to study, but prefers to party and play video games in his family's Brooklyn mansion.

Vanya hires Ani for several sexual encounters and pays her $15,000 to stay with him for a week. Vanya and his entourage fly to Las Vegas, where Vanya impulsively asks Ani to marry him. Although Ani is skeptical, Vanya insists his love is genuine, and they elope to a Vegas wedding chapel. Ani quits her job and moves into Vanya's mansion. When news of the wedding spreads to Russia, Vanya's mother, Galina, orders his Armenian godfather, Toros, to find the couple and arrange an annulment while she and her husband fly to the US.

Toros sends his henchmen, Garnik and Igor, to the house. They inform Vanya that his parents will take him back to Russia, and enrage Ani by calling her a prostitute and claiming that Vanya only married her so that he could obtain a green card instead of returning to Russia to work for his father. Vanya flees and Ani fights Garnik and Igor, injuring them and destroying furniture, but they tie her up. When Toros arrives, he lectures Ani about Vanya's immaturity, confiscates Ani's wedding ring, has her gagged, and offers her $10,000 to accept the annulment. Ani insists that she and Vanya are in love, but agrees to help Toros find him.

Ani, Toros, Garnik, and Igor spend the night driving around Brooklyn looking for Vanya. Ani's friends inform her that he is at her former workplace with another stripper. The group arrives there to find Vanya too intoxicated to listen to them, forcing them to wait outside the courthouse overnight. The next day, the annulment is thrown out of court because Ani and Vanya were wed in Nevada.

At the airport, Ani introduces herself to Nikolai and Galina in Russian, but Galina immediately rejects her. Vanya concedes to his parents and coldly tells Ani that their marriage is impossible while Galina orders everyone on the plane to Las Vegas. Ani, having not signed a prenuptial agreement, threatens to force Vanya through divorce proceedings, but Galina threatens to destroy her life if she does. Finally realizing Vanya's immaturity and his family's power, Ani agrees to the annulment. After the papers are signed, Igor suggests that Vanya apologize to Ani, but Galina insists that her son will not apologize to anyone. Ani insults Vanya and Galina before leaving.

Igor takes Ani back to New York to pack up her belongings. While spending one final night at the Zakharov mansion, Igor attempts friendly banter with Ani. However, she is upset by their first encounter, arguing that he assaulted her and would have raped her had they been alone, which he denies. In the morning, Igor gives Ani the money Toros promised her and drives her home. In the car, he returns Ani's wedding ring as a token of goodwill. Ani initiates sex with Igor but stops when he attempts to kiss her; she breaks down, sobbing in his arms.

Cast

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  • Mikey Madison as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva, a high-priced stripper at the Headquarters strip club[6]
  • Mark Eydelshteyn (alternatively anglicized to "Eidelstein") as Ivan "Vanya" Zakharov, the wealthy son of a Russian oligarch[7]
  • Yura Borisov as Igor, a Russian henchman hired by Toros to look after Vanya
  • Karren Karagulian as Toros, an Armenian handler employed by Vanya's father to look after him
  • Vache Tovmasyan as Garnik, an Armenian henchman and Toros' brother
  • Aleksei Serebryakov as Nikolai Zakharov, Vanya's father
  • Darya Ekamasova as Galina Zakharova, Vanya's mother
  • Luna Sofía Miranda as Lulu, another Headquarters stripper and a friend of Ani's
  • Lindsey Normington as Diamond, an unfriendly Headquarters stripper who competes with Ani for clients
  • Vincent Radwinsky as Jimmy, an owner at the Headquarters strip club
  • Anton Bitter as Tom, Vanya's friend who works at a Coney Island candy shop
  • Ivy Wolk as Crystal, Vanya's friend who works at a Coney Island candy shop
  • Vlad Mamai as Aleks, Vanya's friend
  • Maria Tichinskaya as Dasha, Vanya's friend
  • Emily Weider as Nikki, a stripper
  • Brittney Rodriguez as Dawn, a manager at Headquarters
  • Sophia Carnabuci as Jenny, a stripper
  • Ella Rubin as Vera Mikheeva, Ani's sister
  • Alena Gurevich as Klara, a housekeeper for the Zakharova mansion
  • Artyom Trubnikov as Michael Sharnov, a lawyer
  • Michael Sergio as judge
  • Sebastian Conelli as tow-truck driver

Production

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Director Sean Baker with his wife and co-producer Samantha Quan

The director, Sean Baker, said Anora was inspired by a story from a friend about a Russian-American newlywed who was kidnapped for collateral. He was also inspired by his work in 2000 and 2001, when he edited wedding videos, including ones of Russian-Americans in New York.[8] Baker said his intentions were towards "telling human stories, by telling stories that are hopefully universal [...] It's helping remove the stigma that's been applied to [sex work], that's always been applied to this livelihood."[9] Baker hired Andrea Werhun, a Canadian writer and actress known for her 2018 memoir Modern Whore about her prior time as a sex worker, as a creative consultant.[10

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