Anora (CTC)

Sean Baker's Palme d'Or winner Anora is an audacious, thrilling, and comedic variation on a modern day Cinderella story.

Anora, a sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

Cast: Mikey Madison, Yuri Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Mark Eydelshteyn, Vache Tovmasyan

Director: Sean Baker

★★★★★ "Anora barely ever loses its humour, something that might surprise viewers expecting a more gritty or depressing watch." EVENING STANDARD

★★★★★ "It shouldn’t all be so funny, but it is, and it’s to Baker’s huge credit that he’s able to inspire laughs and huge enjoyment from this madcap story without leaving you feeling that the woman at the heart of this mess has been short-changed." TIME OUT

★★★★★ "Anora soars as a transfixing work of art. The more time you spend with Mikey Madison’s bubble-gum blowing, wisecracking sex worker the more you adore her. Anora is impossible to resist." THE CURB

★★★★★ "This brilliant Pretty Woman-esque comedy deserves to win every prize at Cannes.Scene-stealing leading lady Mikey Madison is surely destined for stardom thanks to her role in Sean Baker's high-energy panic comedy" DAILY TELEGRAPH UK

★★★★★ "The story reaches a new pitch of Coen brothers-style black comedy." TIMES UK

★★★★★ "Sean Baker strikes pure gold in this supremely enjoyable and deceptively powerful masterpiece." JAM REPORT

★★★★★ "Madison is spectacular, giving this role her all. It’s a perfectly calibrated, can’t-take-your-eyes-off-her performance" FILM THREAT

★★★★★ "a screwball comedy like no other...Mikey Madison and Sean Baker [will] leave you cackling" DEN OF GEEK

★★★★★ "Blending elements of Pretty Woman with After Hours, Sean Baker delivers his best film to date—an emotional and exhilarating achievement" CINEMATIC REEL

★★★★ "Anora fizzes with energy and laugh-out-loud moments" BBC.COM