Anora

Story

From shadowy sex clubs full of unfulfilled dreams to luxury apartments owned by Russian billionaires: Sean Baker’s new film is a wild trip through the contradictions of today which won the Golden Palm in Cannes. Anora, a young stripper from Brooklyn, gets to know Ivan, son of a Russian oligarch. The two begin a wild affair. Because he wants to avoid his impending deportation and she sees a chance of escaping her demi-monde, the pair spontaneously get married in Las Vegas. When the news gets back to Russia, however, their dream of a better future is sorely jeopardized, as Ivan’s parents travel to New York to get the marriage annulled. But Anora isn’t prepared to give up that easily.

 

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Director

SEAN BAKER (*1971 in den USA) became known for his film Tangerine (2015) which was shot on an iPhone. FILMFEST HAMBURG has shown his films The Florida Project (2017) and Red Rocket (2021) and in 2021 also presented a retrospective of his work in the series »Gegenwartskino im Fokus«.