Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ Gets 10-Minute Ovation In Cannes Film Festival World Premiere
Sean Baker returned to the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday with Anora, his New York-set romantic dramedy about a stripper from Brooklyn who transforms into a modern Cinderella when she meets the son of a Russian oligarch.
The film, playing in the official competition three years after Baker’s success in Cannes with the Simon Rex-starring Red Rocket, scored an 10-minute ovation after the mid-afternoon world premiere screening wrapped at the Palais de Festivals.
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The pic centers on Anora, who meets, falls in love with and marries the son of a Russian oligarch. Complications most certainly arise when his parents find out and try to get the marriage annulled.
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Better Things and Scream actress Mikey Madison plays the eponymous Anora alongside Yuriy Borisov, who previously appeared in Cannes pics Petrov’s Flu and Compartment No.6 both in 2021. The cast also includes Mark Eydelshteyn, Karren Karagulian and Vache Tovmasyan.
Madison and Borisov’s performances seemed to spark the most reaction from the afternoon crowd at the Palais today.
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Neon, which has been busy during this year’s Cannes market, acquired North American rights to Anora back in November, aiming it for a U.S. release sometime this year.
FilmNation Entertainment is shopping worldwide rights in Cannes.
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