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Story
Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, impulsively meets and marries an oligarch’s son. Once word reaches Russia, her fairy tale is threatened when his parents leave for New York to annul the marriage. Mikey Madison reflects on the roles that marked her path to Anora, from “Better Things” to Once Upon a Time…
She is referenced in Close-Up: Anora (2024)
At the Cannes Film Festival press conference, Mikey Madison said that director Sean Baker would act out different sexual positions with his wife, producer Samantha Quan, to show actors what he wanted them to do. Sean Baker is right up there with Chloe Zhao as one of the most humanistic and empathetic directors of our generation. His eye for the marginalized and keen ability to show the limits of the American dream cement his place as an important and much-needed artistic voice.
That said, his latest film ANORA proves that he’s much more of a filmmaker of character and atmosphere than plot
What starts out as a promising screwball comedy with trademark touches of pathos turns into a slapstick farce in dire need of an editor, with some scenes just going around in circles to the point where I wanted Paul Simon to come out and sing, “I’m on my way/I don’t know where I’m going/But I’m on my way…” Blake Edwards’ work seems to be a subconscious influence here, making such excesses a little more understandable; a film like VICTOR could be a masterpiece if it weren’t for one bar fight too many. Still, the comedy often feels more contrived than a natural product of the characters’ idiosyncrasies, and a touching but sudden final scene would have been better if some of the slapstick had been traded for more moments that fleshed out the protagonist beyond, well, her flesh. Mikey Madison certainly maximizes what he can maximize with an underdeveloped character (the extra nuance perhaps provided by Baker’s regular co-writer Chris Bergoch seems to be missing), and the supporting cast does the same, especially Baker’s regular collaborator Karren Karagulian.
I think a film about her story would ultimately have been much more interesting
But after loving Baker’s last two films, which were less plot-driven and more atmospheric, empathetic studies of forgotten American communities, this film turned out to be a huge disappointment. There are a couple of scenes in the film that feature a seemingly lonely, brooding maid forced to clean up the excessive mess left behind by the spoiled rich person she works for. Check out the full lineup from the 62nd New York Film Festival this fall.
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