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Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ Gets 10-Minute Ovation In Cannes Film Festival World Premiere
Sean Baker returned to the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday with Anora.
(L-R) Samantha Quan, Mark Eydelshteyn, Sean Baker and Mikey Madison on the Cannes red carpet TuesdayCindy Ord/Getty Images Sean Baker returned to the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday with Anora, his New York-set romantic dramedy about a stripper from Brooklyn who transforms into a modern Cinderella when she meets the son of a Russian oligarch. The film, playing in the official competition three years after Baker’s success in Cannes with the Simon Rex-starring Red Rocket, scored an 10-minute ovation after the mid-afternoon world premiere screening wrapped at the Palais de Festivals. Better Things and Scream actress Mikey Madison plays the eponymous Anora alongside Yuriy Borisov, who previously appeared in Cannes pics Petrov’s Flu and Compartment No.6 both in 2021.
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