Anora (2024)

November 13, 2024 4:22 PM

Anora, a young exotic dancer and sex worker, meets and accepts the marriage proposal of the hard-partying son of a Russian oligarch. Once the news hits the tabloids, Anora's fairytale is threatened as enforcers are dispatched to take control of the situation before his parents arrive in New York to undo what's been done.
posted by AzraelBrown (4 comments total)

I saw this recently and can see why it won awards; it is not really the film you expect, what with the stereotypical characters -- sex worker, spoiled rich kid, Russian oligarchs, burly henchmen -- and it takes its time just following these people trying to navigate the messed up situation they're in. There's a lot of funny parts, but they're played straight, situationally funny, but with a little slapstick thrown in. There's a lot of sex and boobs, for those who would be bothered. I mean, like, a lot, not hidden behind set pieces or soft focus. I really enjoyed it, one of my top movies of the year.
posted by AzraelBrown at 4:27 PM on November 13

I saw this at an open caption screening, but it seemed like at least half of the captions were actually subtitles because the characters were speaking Russian so just a heads up because I don't see it mentioned elsewhere.
posted by channaher at 7:28 PM on November 13

You are correct, there's a bunch of non-English in the film with subtitles, both Russian and Armenian.
posted by AzraelBrown at 6:39 AM on November 14

I love when a movie can genre-bend between really sad drama, fun cinderella-story romance, and dark comedy. Mikey Madison is excellent but the kid who played Vanya was hysterical - just this wiry, fidgety, bouncy little thing encompassing all of the body language of a hyper little child, which he pretty much was.

Also did anyone else notice what seemed to be a direct homage to Pretty Woman, when they were negotiating and settled on her price for the week ("I would have done it for X dollars" "I would have paid you Y")?
posted by windbox at 8:13 AM on November 14 [1 favorite]