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Anora
Plot
Ani is 23 and works as a dancer at a strip club in Manhattan. She lives in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, and speaks some Russian, so her boss sends her to look after a special client: Vanya, the young son of a Russian oligarch, loaded with cash and with no brakes at all.
What should have been one night turns into a whole week of parties at his mansion. Vanya pays Ani to be his girlfriend for a few days, and the binge ends with a trip to Las Vegas. There, on a whim, they get married in a chapel. For Ani, it looks like the lucky break of a lifetime. For Vanya, it is also a way to get a green card and avoid going back to Russia.
But word of the wedding reaches Moscow fast. His parents send their fixers, Toros, Garnik and Igor, to undo the marriage no matter what. Their visit to the mansion spins out of control, and Ani's fairy tale turns into a chaotic night across New York, full of yelling, chases and a lot of comedy.
Official trailer
Awards and nominees
- Oscars 2025 · Best Picture
Beat: The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, I'm Still Here, Nickel Boys, The Substance, Wicked - Oscars 2025 · Best Director
Beat: The Brutalist (Brady Corbet), A Complete Unknown (James Mangold), Emilia Pérez (Jacques Audiard), The Substance (Coralie Fargeat) - Oscars 2025 · Best Actress · Mikey Madison
Beat: Wicked (Cynthia Erivo), Emilia Pérez (Karla Sofía Gascón), The Substance (Demi Moore), I'm Still Here (Fernanda Torres) - Oscars 2025 · Best Original Screenplay
Beat: The Brutalist (Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold), A Real Pain (Jesse Eisenberg), September 5 (Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David), The Substance (Coralie Fargeat)
Trivia
- Anora premiered in competition at Cannes in 2024 and walked away with the Palme d'Or.
- At the 2025 Oscars, Sean Baker won four awards for the same film: Picture, Director, Original Screenplay and Film Editing. That tied Walt Disney's record of four wins in a single night.
- Yura Borisov, who plays the fixer Igor, earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Cast
- Anora "Ani" MikheevaMikey Madison
- Ivan "Vanya" ZakharovMark Eydelshteyn
- IgorYura Borisov
- TorosKarren Karagulian
- GarnikVache Tovmasyan
- Nikolai ZakharovAleksei Serebryakov
- Galina ZakharovaDarya Ekamasova
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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