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Anora’s ‘Russian Timothée Chalamet’ Is Just Happy to Be Here
“I’m just some weird guy who somehow became a part of Sean Baker’s movie,” says actor Mark Eydelshteyn.
He may not be a recognizable face or name in the U.S., but Eydelshteyn is about to be far better known as one of the stars of Sean Baker’s sex-worker comedy-drama Anora, which won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and is entering awards season trailing clouds of anticipation. In Anora, which is set and was filmed in New York City, Eydelshteyn plays Ivan, the impulsive, irresponsible son of a Russian oligarch who, after a few weeks of paying Madison’s stripper protagonist, Ani, to be his girlfriend, elopes with her. Since then, Eydelshteyn has starred in a number of productions in Russia, including 2022’s TheLand of Sasha, an independent romantic drama that didn’t make much money at home but played at the Berlin International Film Festival, and the sci-fi adventure Guest From the Future.
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