23 Oct Anora 2024 Torrent DVD9.DUAL.H

35/43

Story

Anora, a young prostitute from Brooklyn, meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch

After the news reaches Russia, her fairy tale is in jeopardy as his parents head to New York to annul the marriage… IMDb editor Arno Kazarian offers quick previews of 12 films he screened at the New York Film Festival in 2024, including Anora and a dangerous, strangely erotic Misericordia..

Close-up References: Anora (2024)

At the Cannes Film Festival press conference, Mikey Madison said that director Sean Baker will act out different sexual positions with his wife, producer Samantha Kwan, to demonstrate to the actors what he wants to do.. Sean Baker is right up there with Chloe Zhao as one of the most humane and empathetic directors of our generation.

That being said, his latest film ANORA proves that he is much more of a character/atmosphere director than a story director

His eye for the outcast and his strong ability to show the limits of the American Dream cement his place as an important, much-needed artistic voice. What starts out as a promising offbeat comedy with signature edginess turns into a slapstick farce that needs an editor, with some scenes just going round and round to the point where I wanted Paul Simon to jump out and sings, "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 subliminal influence here, making such excesses a little more understandable; a movie like VICTOR/VICTORIA might be a masterpiece if it weren’t for one too many bar fights.

But having enjoyed Baker’s last two films, which were less plot-driven and more atmospheric, empathetic explorations of neglected American communities, this film came as a huge disappointment

Yet the comedy often seems more contrived than a natural product of the characters' idiosyncrasies and a poignant but abrupt ending scene would have worked better if some of the antics had been traded for more moments fleshing out the main character beyond, well, her flesh. Mikey Madison undoubtedly maximizes what he can maximize with a signature character (the added nuance, possibly provided by Baker’s usual co-writer Chris Bergoh, seems missing), and the supporting cast does the same, especially Baker regular Karen Karagulyan.

I think a movie about her story would end up being a lot more interesting… Check out the full lineup for the 62nd New York Film Festival this fall

There are several scenes in the film that show a seemingly lonely and melancholic maid forced to clean up the excessive mess left by the spoiled rich man she works for.