Palme d’Or winner at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival

Sean Baker’s Anora is an audacious, thrilling, and comedic variation on a modern day Cinderella story. Mikey Madison (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) captivates as Ani, a young sex worker from Brooklyn whose life takes an unexpected turn when she meets and impulsively marries Vanya, the impetuous son of a Russian billionaire. However, when Vanya’s parents catch wind of the union, they send their henchmen to annul the marriage, setting off a wild chase through the streets of New York.

Cannes jury president Greta Gerwig (Barbie, Lady Bird), on awarding the Palme d’Or to Anora:

“It was something we collectively felt we were transported by, we were moved by. It felt both new and in conversation with older forms of cinema. There was something about it that reminded us of the classic structures of Lubitsch and Howard Hawks. And it did something completely truthful and unexpected.”