Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, Sean Baker’s film also won the Oscar for the best film 2025.
He had seduced the criticism as well as the Cannois jury, to the point of receiving the Palme d’Or during the 2024 Cannes festival: Anora has now been crowned with five Oscar awards on March 3, 2025. This dramatic comedy won the statuette for the best film, the best production, the best actress for Mikey Madison, the best original screenplay and the best editing.
Directed by the American filmmaker Sean Baker (The Florida Project, Red Rocket),, Anora Follows the journey of a young stripper from Brooklyn whose life becomes a modern fairy tale when she meets and marries the son of an extremely rich Russian oligarch. But when Prince Charming’s parents discover this union, the dream turns into a nightmare for Anora, which is not decided to let it go.
In the casting, the public can discover the amazing Mikey Madison (Scream, La Voix du Lac, Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood) In the main role, giving the reply to Mark Eydelshteyn, Youri Borissov (Compartment no 6) or tovmasyan cow. Anora Released in the cinema in France on October 30, 2024. If you missed the phenomenon, the feature film is available for purchase and rental on most VOD platforms.
Synopsis – Anora, a young stripper from Brooklyn, turns into a Cinderella of modern times when she meets the son of a Russian oligarch. Without thinking, she enthusiastically marries her prince charming; But when the news reaches Russia, the fairy tale is quickly threatened: the young man’s parents leave for New York with the firm intention of canceling the marriage …