Anora

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Anora
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sean Baker
Written by	Sean Baker
Produced by	Alex Coco Samantha Quan Sean Baker
Starring	Mikey Madison Mark Eydelshteyn Yura Borisov Karren Karagulian Vache Tovmasyan Aleksei Serebryakov
Cinematography	Drew Daniels
Edited by	Sean Baker
Music by	Matthew Hearon-Smith
Production companies	FilmNation Entertainment Cre Film
Distributed by	Neon
Release dates	May 21, 2024 (2024-05-21)(Cannes) October 18, 2024 (2024-10-18)(United States)
Running time	139 minutes [1]
Country	United States
Languages	English Russian [2] Armenian [3]
Budget	$6 million [4]
Box office	$32.4 million [5] [6]

Anora is a 2024 American comedy-drama film written, directed, and edited by Sean Baker. It follows the beleaguered marriage between Anora (Mikey Madison), a young 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, where it won the Palme d'Or and received critical acclaim. It was released theatrically on October 18 by Neon. It was named one of the top 10 films of 2024 by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute, and received five nominations at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical, Best Actress for Madison and Best Director. It grossed $32.4 million worldwide on a $6 million budget, becoming Baker's highest-grossing film.

Plot

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 21-year-old son of a wealthy Russian oligarch, Nikolai Zakharov. Vanya is ostensibly 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. He pays her $15,000 to stay with him for a week. Vanya and his entourage fly to Las Vegas, where Vanya asks Ani to marry him so that he can obtain a green card instead of returning to Russia to work for his father. Although Ani is skeptical, Vanya insists his love is genuine, and they elope in 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 godfather, Toros, to find the couple and arrange an annulment while the family flies to the US.

Toros sends his henchmen, Garnick 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. Vanya flees and Ani fights Garnick 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, Garnick, and Igor spend the night driving around Brooklyn looking for Vanya, who is on a bender. Ani catches Vanya, drunk, with a stripper at her former workplace. Vanya is too intoxicated to listen to Ani, and the group is forced 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 Vanya's parents in Russian, but Galina is contemptuous of Ani. 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. Recognizing 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 to their faces before storming off, while Nikolai laughs hysterically.

Igor takes Ani back to New York to pack up her belongings. They spend a final night in the Zakharov mansion and converse. Ani argues that Igor assaulted her and would have raped her if they were alone, both of 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 resists when he attempts to kiss her, and she breaks down sobbing in his arms.

Cast

• Mikey Madison as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva, a high-priced stripper at the Headquarters strip club ^[7]
• Mark Eydelshteyn (alternatively anglicized to "Eidelstein") as Ivan "Vanya" Zakharov, the wealthy but immature son of a Russian oligarch ^[8]
• 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 Garnick, an Armenian henchman and Toros' brother
• Aleksei Serebryakov as Nikolai Zakharov, Vanya's father
• 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
• Darya Ekamasova as Galina Zakharova, Vanya's mother
• Anton Biller as Tom
• Vlad Mamai as Alska
• Maria Tichinskaya as Dasha
• Ivy Wolk as Crystal, Vanya's friend who works at a Coney Island candy shop
• Ella Rubin as Vera Mikheeva, Ani's sister
• Alena Gurevich as Klara, a housekeeper for the Zakharova mansion
• Sebastian Conelli as tow truck driver

Production

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. ^[9] 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." ^[10] 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. ^[11]

Baker cast Mikey Madison after seeing her in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) and Scream (2022). ^{[9] [12]} He hired Madison without an audition. ^[13] Madison learned Russian, visited strip clubs, and studied the Brooklyn accent to prepare. ^[13] Although some media outlets incorrectly reported that Anora Mikheeva was Uzbek-American, Baker said that Anora "is of Russian ethnicity" and "from one of the post-Soviet countries". ^{[12] [14] [15]}

Principal photography took place starting in February 2023 in Brooklyn, including the neighborhoods of Brighton Beach, Coney Island, and Sheepshead Bay. ^{[16] [17]} Anora was filmed over 37 days, with the 25-minute home invasion scene taking 10 days. It was shot on Kodak 35 mm film framed in 4-perf widescreen anamorphic using an Arricam LT, with color correction completed via DaVinci Resolve at FotoKem. ^{[17] [18]} Vintage LOMO prime and zoom lenses were mainly used for filming, while Atlas Orion lenses were used for low-light scenes. ^[17] Scenes were also shot at the Palms Casino Resort and on Fremont Street in Las Vegas. ^[17] The film's cinematography was inspired by 1970s crime dramas set in New York, including The French Connection and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three . ^[17] Alex Coco, one of the producers, worked as a disc jockey for the music in the scenes in the club. ^[19] Baker had over 30 speaking parts in the film. ^[20]

For the Zakharov mansion, Baker filmed at 2458 National Drive, a Mill Basin mansion once owned by Vasily Anisimov, an oligarch with ties to Russia. Baker had searched on Google for "the biggest and best mansion in Brighton Beach". ^[21] To learn more about the area, Baker and Mikey Madison temporarily moved to southern Brooklyn during pre-production. Toros and Ani's search for Vanya was filmed in a number of restaurants and clubs that the producers had frequented. ^[22]

At a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival, Madison said that Baker and the producer Samantha Quan, Baker's wife, would act out different sex positions to demonstrate what they wanted the actors to do. Madison was offered an intimacy coordinator, but said: "As I'd already created a really comfortable relationship with both of them for about a year, I felt that that would be where I was most comfortable with and it ended up working so perfectly." ^[10]

The soundtrack includes "Dreaming" by Blondie, "All the Things She Said" by t.A.T.u. and "Greatest Day" by Take That. Madison also shared that her friend curated a "stripper playlist" for her to get into character, including tracks from Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion and Slayyyter. ^[23]

Release

Yura Borisov, Sean Baker, Mikey Madison, Karren Karagulian, and Vache Tovmasyan at TIFF 2024

Worldwide distribution rights were acquired by FilmNation Entertainment in October 2023. The film was then sold by FilmNation to Le Pacte for France, Lev for Israel, Kismet for Australia and New Zealand, and Focus Features/Universal Pictures International for the rest of the world excluding North America in deals similar to those made on Baker's previous film, Red Rocket . ^[16] In November 2023, Neon acquired North American distribution rights to the film, ^[24] and opened it in limited release on October 18, 2024. ^{[25] [26]}

Anora premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2024, ^{[27] [28]} and won the festival's Palme d'Or on May 25. ^[29] It earned a 10-minute standing ovation at the end of its screening. ^[30] It became the fifth consecutive Palme d'Or winner distributed by Neon in the United States, following Parasite , Titane , Triangle of Sadness , and Anatomy of a Fall ; all except Titane went on to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, with Parasite winning. ^[31] It is also the first American-produced film to win the Palme d'Or since Terrence Malick's 2011 epic The Tree of Life . ^[32]

Anora also played at the Toronto International Film Festival, ^[33] the New York Film Festival, ^[34] the San Sebastián International Film Festival, ^[35] and has been selected by the Busan International Film Festival, ^[36] the BFI London Film Festival, ^[37] the 19th Rome Film Festival ^[38] and several others. It was also the closing film at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024. ^[39]

The film was released on digital platforms on December 17, 2024. ^[40]

Reception

Box office

As of January 9,2025 ^[update] , Anora had grossed $14.5 million in the United States and Canada, and $17.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $32.4 million. ^{[5] [6]} In the United States, it made $550,503 in its opening weekend from six theaters; its per-screen-average of $91,751 was the best of 2024 (topping Kinds of Kindness ' $75,458 average), and the second-best since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic (after Asteroid City 's $142,230). ^{[41] [42]} Expanding to 34 theaters in its sophomore weekend, the film made $908,830 and finished in eighth place. ^[43] Continuing its expansion, the film made $1.8 million from 253 theaters and $2.5 million from 1,104 in its third and fourth weekends. ^{[44] [45]}

Critical response

Mikey Madison received critical acclaim for her performance.

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 94% of 303 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.5/10.The website's consensus reads: "Another marvelous chronicle of America's strivers by writer-director Sean Baker given some extra pizzazz by Mikey Madison's brassy performance, Anora is a romantic drama on the bleeding edge." ^[46] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 91 out of 100, based on 62 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". ^[47] On AlloCiné, the film received an average rating of 4.2 out of 5, based on 45 reviews, from French critics. ^[48]

Greta Gerwig, serving as the president of the 77th Cannes Film Festival Jury, commented that "[Anora] was something we collectively felt we were transported by, we were moved by [...] It felt both new and in conversation with older forms of cinema. There was something about it that reminded us of [the] classic structures of Lubitsch or Howard Hawks, and then it did something completely truthful and unexpected." ^[49]

Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair wrote: "[Anora is] a wild, profane blast [...] Even when Baker's storytelling and dialogue gets repetitive, Madison keeps things lively [...] I found myself torn between finding Baker's conclusions compassionate and sensing a vague whiff of something patronizing. [...] Baker's explorations of outsiders tend to tread between graciousness and gawking, benevolent anthropology and the more malevolent, missionary kind." ^[50]

Justin Chang of The New Yorker wrote: "Anora plays like a wild dream—first joyous, then catastrophic, and always fiercely unpredictable [...] A contemporary return to screwball tradition is a welcome but challenging proposition, and Baker's play with the form is hardly seamless. [Anora] built up a righteous steam of fury, now unleashes it against the Ivans of the world and salutes those toiling thanklessly in their employ." ^[12] Sight and Sound named Anora the second-best film of 2024, ^[51] and Film Comment named it one of the ten best. ^[52] Anora was praised by filmmakers including Edward Berger, Maggie Betts, Kelly Fremon Craig, R. J. Cutler, Robert Eggers, Adam Elliot, Tim Fehlbaum, Hannah Fidell, William Goldenberg, Kitty Green, Luca Guadagnino, Ciro Guerra, Chad Hartigan, Matt Johnson, Karyn Kusama, David Lowery, Lance Oppenheim, Laurel Parmet, Laura Poitras, Oliver Stone and Juel Taylor. ^[53]

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
AACTA International Awards	February 7, 2025	Best International Film	Anora	Pending	[54]
		Best International Actress	Mikey Madison	Pending
		Best International Screenplay	Sean Baker	Pending
American Cinema Editors Awards	January 18, 2025	Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy, Theatrical)	Sean Baker	Pending	[55]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists	January 7, 2025	Best Film	Anora	Nominated	[56]
		Best Director	Sean Baker	Nominated
		Best Actress	Mikey Madison	Nominated
		Best Women's Breakthrough Performance		Won
		Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Yura Borisov	Nominated
		Best Screenplay, Original	Sean Baker	Nominated
		Best Editing		Nominated
		Best Ensemble Cast and Casting Director	Anora	Nominated
American Film Institute Awards	December 5, 2024	Top 10 Films		Honored	[57]
Astra Film and Creative Awards	December 8, 2024	Best Picture		Nominated	[58]
		Best Comedy or Musical		Nominated
		Best Director	Sean Baker	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
		Best Actress	Mikey Madison	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Yura Borisov	Nominated
		Best Editing	Sean Baker	Nominated
Austin Film Critics Association	January 6, 2025	Best Film	Anora	Won	[59]
		Best Director	Sean Baker	Won
		Best Actress	Mikey Madison	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Yura Borisov	Won
		Best Original Screenplay	Sean Baker	Won
		Best Film Editing		Nominated
		Best Ensemble	Anora	Nominated
Boston Society of Film Critics	December 8, 2024	Best Picture		Won	[60]
		Best Director	Sean Baker	Won
		Best Actress	Mikey Madison	Won
		Best Screenplay	Sean Baker	Won
British Independent Film Awards	December 8, 2024	Best International Independent Film	Sean Baker, Alex Coco, and Samantha Quan	Won	[61]
Cannes Film Festival	May 25, 2024	Palme d'Or	Sean Baker	Won	[62]
Celebration of Cinema and Television	November 12, 2024	Producer Award	Samantha Quan	Honored	[63]
Chicago Film Critics Association	December 12, 2024	Best Film	Anora	Nominated	[64]
		Best Director	Sean Baker	Nominated
		Best Actress	Mikey Madison	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Yura Borisov	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Sean Baker	Nominated
		Best Editing		Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards	January 26, 2025	Best Picture	Anora	Pending	[65]
		Best Director	Sean Baker	Pending
		Best Actress	Mikey Madison	Pending
		Best Supporting Actor	Yura Borisov	Pending
		Best Acting Ensemble	Anora	Pending
		Best Original Screenplay	Sean Baker	Pending
		Best Editing		Pending
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association	December 18, 2024	Best Picture	Anora	Won	[66]
		Best Director	Sean Baker	Won
		Best Actress	Mikey Madison	Won
		Best Screenplay	Sean Baker	2nd place
Directors Guild of America Awards	February 8, 2025	Outstanding Directing – Feature Film		Pending	[67]
Florida Film Critics Circle	December 20, 2024	Best Picture	Anora	Nominated	[68]
		Best Director	Sean Baker	Nominated
		Best Actress	Mikey Madison	Nominated
		Breakout Performance		Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Yura Borisov	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Sean Baker	Nominated
		Best Ensemble	Anora	Nominated
Georgia Film Critics Association	January 7, 2025	Best Picture	Anora	Pending	[69]
		Best Director	Sean Baker	Pending
		Best Actress	Mikey Madison	Pending
		Best Supporting Actor	Yura Borisov	Pending
		Best Original Screenplay	Sean Baker	Pending
Golden Globe Awards	January 5, 2025	Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	Anora	Nominated	[70]
		Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	Mikey Madison	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	Yura Borisov	Nominated
		Best Director	Sean Baker	Nominated
		Best Screenplay		Nominated
Gotham Awards	December 2, 2024	Best Feature	Sean Baker, Alex Coco, and Samantha Quan	Nominated	[71]
		Best Director	Sean Baker	Nominated
		Outstanding Lead Performance	Mikey Madison	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Performance	Yura Borisov	Nominated
Greater Western New York Film Critics Association	January 4, 2025	Best Picture	Anora	Nominated	[72]
		Best Director	Sean Baker	Nominated
		Best Lead Actress	Mikey Madison	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Yura Borisov	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Sean Baker	Nominated
		Best Breakthrough Performance	Mikey Madison	Nominated
			Yura Borisov	Nominated
Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards	November 14, 2024	Property Master Award	Kendra Eaves	Honored	[73]
Imagine Film Festival	November 2, 2024	Silver Scream Award	Sean Baker	Won	[74]
Independent Spirit Awards	February 22, 2025	Best Feature	Sean Baker, Alex Coco, and Samantha Quan	Pending	[75]
		Best Director	Sean Baker	Pending
		Best Lead Performance	Mikey Madison	Pending
		Best Supporting Performance	Yura Borisov	Pending
			Karren Karagulian	Pending
Los Angeles Film Critics Association	December 8, 2024	Best Picture	Anora	Won	[76]
		Best Leading Performance	Mikey Madison	Won [a]
		Best Supporting Performance	Yura Borisov	Won [b]
		Best Director	Sean Baker	Runner-up
		Best Screenplay		Runner-up
Mill Valley Film Festival	October 16, 2024	MVFF Breakthrough Performance Award	Mikey Madison	Honored	[77]
Miskolc International Film Festival	September 14, 2024	Emeric Pressburger Prize	Anora	Nominated	[78]
National Board of Review	December 4, 2024	Top Ten Films		Won [c]	[79]
		Breakthrough Performance	Mikey Madison	Won
New York Film Critics Circle	January 8, 2025	Best Screenplay	Sean Baker	Won	[80]
New York Film Critics Online	December 16, 2024	Best Film	Anora	Nominated	[81]
		Best Director	Sean Baker	Nominated
		Best Actress	Mikey Madison	Nominated
		Breakthrough Performer		Won
			Mark Eidelstein	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Yura Borisov	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Sean Baker	Nominated
		Best Ensemble Cast	Anora	Nominated
Palm Springs International Film Festival	January 3, 2025	Breakthrough Performance Award	Mikey Madison	Honored	[82]
San Diego Film Critics Society	December 9, 2024	Best Film	Anora	Runner-up	[83]
		Best Actress	Mikey Madison	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Sean Baker	Won
		Best Editing		Nominated
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle	December 15, 2024	Best Film	Anora	Won	[84]
		Best Director	Sean Baker	Nominated
		Best Actress	Mikey Madison	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Yura Borisov	Won
		Best Original Screenplay	Sean Baker	Won
		Best Film Editing		Won
Santa Barbara International Film Festival	February 9, 2025	Virtuoso Award	Mikey Madison	Honored	[85]
Satellite Awards	January 26, 2025	Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical	Anora	Pending	[86]
		Best Director	Sean Baker	Pending
		Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical	Mikey Madison	Pending
		Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Yura Borisov	Pending
		Best Original Screenplay	Sean Baker	Pending
		Best Editing		Pending
Savannah Film Festival	November 2, 2024	Breakthrough Award	Mikey Madison	Honored	[87]
Screen Actors Guild Awards	February 23, 2025	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Yura Borisov, Mark Eydelshteyn, Karren Karagulian, Mikey Madison, Aleksei Serebryakov, and Vache Tovmasyan	Pending	[88]
		Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role	Mikey Madison	Pending
		Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role	Yura Borisov	Pending
Seattle Film Critics Society	December 16, 2024	Best Picture	Anora	Nominated	[89] [90]
		Best Director	Sean Baker	Won
		Best Lead Actress	Mikey Madison	Won
		Best Ensemble	The cast of Anora	Won
		Best Screenplay	Sean Baker	Won
		Best Editing		Nominated
Set Decorators Society of America	February 2, 2025	Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Contemporary Feature Film	Christopher Phelps, Stephen Phelps	Pending	[91]
St. Louis Film Critics Association	December 15, 2024	Best Film	Anora	Nominated	[92]
		Best Actress	Mikey Madison	Won
		Best Original Screenplay	Sean Baker	Nominated
Toronto Film Critics Association	December 15, 2024	Best Film	Anora	Ruuner-up	[93]
		Best Director	Sean Baker	Runner-up
		Best Lead Performance	Mikey Madison	Won [d]
		Best Breakthrough Performance		Nominated
		Best Supporting Performance	Yura Borisov	Won [e]
		Best Original Screenplay	Sean Baker	Runner-up
Toronto International Film Festival	September 15, 2024	People's Choice Award	Anora	2nd Runner-up	[94]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	December 8, 2024	Best Film		Nominated	[95]
		Best Director	Sean Baker	Nominated
		Best Actress	Mikey Madison	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Yura Borisov	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Sean Baker	Nominated
		Best Editing		Won [f]
		Best Ensemble	Anora	Nominated

Notes

1. Shared with Marianne Jean-Baptiste.
2. Shared with Kieran Culkin.
3. This award does not have a single winner, but recognizes multiple films.
4. Shared with Marianne Jean-Baptiste for Hard Truths .
5. Shared with Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain .
6. Tied with Joe Walker for Dune: Part Two .

See also

• List of American films of 2024
• American independent cinema

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External links

• Official website
• Anora at Neon Films
• Anora at IMDb  
• Official Screenplay Archived January 1, 2025, at the Wayback Machine