Anora

Why shouldn't a sex worker desire true love? Anora (Mikey Madison) is still so naive to have such a dream. When a young, rich and wild Russian Ivan (Mark Eidelshtein) books her at her "mother" club, she suggests to herself that he is the one. Her life decision will be preceded by a varied series of sexual numbers, several lines of coke, a lot of drunk alcohol and a few days spent in Ivan's rented luxury house. And since the young man is also quite a shooter, after a week of dating, they rush to Las Vegas to get married. That they should then live happily ever after? Not by mistake. Ivan's parents are Russian oligarchs, who took their rambunctious son to America before the problems he caused at home in Russia. However, they consider their son's marriage to an American prostitute to be the biggest shenanigans their son has done so far, and of course they want to annul it. For better or for worse. But their new daughter-in-law is a girl torn apart by life, who is not afraid of anything and is ready to fight for her happy ending. Literally. "Audiences can have a problem with the title of the film because it can be difficult for them to remember," says director Sean Baker, adding: "My main ambition was to make it in a way that they would never forget after seeing the film." he has this belief, which is confirmed by the Palme d'Or for the best film at the Cannes festival and the extremely positive feedback from the first audiences.