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Blu-ray

Anora

Call Number

  • BLU-RAY DRAMA (CEN, OSH)

Edition

Director-approved two-Blu-ray special edition.

Languages

In English, Russian, and Armenian, with English subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, English descriptive audio.

Performers

Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Aleksey Serebryakov.

Publication Information

[New York, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2025]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (139 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 16 cm)

Audience

MPA rating: R; for strong sexual content throughout, graphic nudity, pervasive language, and drug use.

Summary

"Contemporary cinema's foremost chronicler of American dreamers and schemers hustling on the margins of capitalist promise, Sean Baker, reaches new heights of mastery with this audacious anti-Cinderella story--a whirlwind neorealist screwball comedy with an aching heart. In an electric, star-is-born performance, Mikey Madison soars as Anora, an enterprising, ferociously foulmouthed Brooklyn erotic dancer and sex worker whose Prince Not-So-Charming comes along in the form of a Russian oligarch's wild-child son. This is the beginning of a fractured fairy tale--also featuring standout performances from Karren Karagulian, Yura Borisov, and Vache Tovmasyan--that turns the cruel realities of class inside out. Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, Anora confirms Baker as one of our preeminent auteurs."--Container.

Notes

Originally released as a motion picture in 2024.

Special features: New 4K digital master, supervised by director Sean Baker and producer Alex Coco, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack ; two audio commentaries: one featuring Baker, Coco, producer Samantha Quan, and cinematographer Drew Daniels, and the other featuring Baker and actors Yura Borisoc, Mark Eydelshteyn, Karren Karagulian, Mikey Madison, and Vache Tovmasyan ; new making-of documentary ; new interviews with Baker and Madison ; Cannes Film Festival press conference ; Q&A with Madison and actor-stripper Lindsey Normington ; deleted scenes ; audition footage ; trailers.

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