Anora

In the organizer's words:

With "Anora", US film director, producer and screenwriter Sean Baker brings a fast-paced, turbulent comedy to the screen that is aesthetically inspired by the cinema of the 1970s. The film celebrated its world premiere in the main competition of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, where it was honored with the festival's most important prize, the Palme d'Or. Anora is a sex worker from the New York borough of Brooklyn and one day not only meets Ivan, the wealthy son of a Russian oligarch, but also falls in love with him. The two eventually marry against his family's wishes. However, when his parents inevitably find out, they send an unusual trio - consisting of a priest with two thugs in tow - after the two lovebirds to ensure that the marriage is annulled. Eventually, Ivan's mother and father arrive in New York in person to sort things out... As with his film "Red Rocket", the award-winning filmmaker's new work is once again set in the world of sex workers. A cosmos that Baker frequently explores, whether by addressing prostitution, as in the social drama "The Florida Project" or in "Tangerine L.A." or by addressing the topic of the porn industry, as in "Red Rocket" and "Starlet". While sex work in Baker's previous films is often linked to poverty and existential fears, "Anora" follows wealthy protagonists in the New York upper class for the first time.