47/44
When news reaches Russia, her fairy tale is threatened when his parents travel to New York to seek an annulment
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Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. IMDb editor Arno Kazarian offers a quick look at the 12 films he screened at the 2024 New York Film Festival, including Anora and the dangerous, curiously erotic Misericordia.. At a Cannes Film Festival press conference, Mikey Madison said director Sean Baker, along with his producer wife Samantha Kwan, will play a variety of sex positions to demonstrate to the actors what he wants them to do.
The setting is enticing
close-up: Anora (2024). Mikey Madison plays the title role, a New York lap dancer. Then the story captivates us.
Amazing locations too – Las Vegas and off-season Coney Island are expertly captured
She madly marries (the immature son of a Russian oligarch) and then ends up in a terrible jam. There is a standout performance from Madison, but all the performances are good. An abundance of nudity and sex is not in vogue in the mainstream picture, but both this and the high drama, which is increasingly comic, have a rare brightness.
The conclusion is not a disappointment
At over two hours, it’s too long, but it almost holds our attention because we can’t imagine how it’s going to end. London Film Festival screenings are sold out and I’m not surprised. It’s dynamic content from a fearless director.
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