Sean Baker’s story of an erotic dancer who marries a Russian oligarch makes a terrific surprise Palme d’Or winner – though more reward for Mohammad Rasoulof might have felt better
his was a Cannes that turned out to be about love, and the Palme d’Or went to a love story that knocks down the whole idea of a Cinderella romance, while also, in some mysterious and delicate way, passionately believing in it.is superbly acted by its star, Mikey Madison, who plays an erotic dancer and escort in New York called Ani who finds herself in an exclusive commercial relationship with the wastrel son of a Russian oligarch, called Ivan, played by Mark Eidelstein.
In spite of everything, Ani is an idealist and a romantic; she transcends her ordeal of humiliation and violence. In his previous movies, Tangerine and Red Rocket, Sean Baker has also taken a very distinctive and original approach to sex work. Anora is his best yet.
I had been tipping Jacques Audiard’s gangster trans musical Emilia Perez for the Palme but its Jury Prize, along with a four-way split for the best actress prize, means that his film is handsomely rewarded.It is very interesting to see Adriana Paz, Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldana and trans star Karla Sofía Gascón share this acting award.
So: some mixed feelings about the great Rasoulof not being rewarded more for his achievement, but Anora brought energy, excitement, romance and its own strange kind of euphoria to Cannes.
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