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12 & 14 May

IFI@BrieryGap | Anora

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12 & 14 May

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8pm

Cert 16 | The feature presentation contains sequences of flashing lights that may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy or other photosensitivities.

Mikey Madison is a revelation as charismatic sex worker Anora in Sean Baker’s wildly entertaining, frenetically paced comedy. Ani, as she prefers to be called, meets Ivan (Mark Eydelshteyn), the son of a Russian oligarch, in a New York strip club when he requests a dancer who can speak Russian (she is of Uzbek descent); the young man is immediately smitten, asking her to be his girlfriend for a week of raucous, no-expense-spared partying, that culminates in an impromptu wedding in Las Vegas. The honeymoon period comes to an abrupt end when Ivan’s father sends his harassed fixer, Toros (Karren Karagulian), and his henchmen to effect an annulment by whatever means necessary. When Ivan splits, a madcap chase across the city ensues with Baker ratcheting up the mayhem to near Safdie levels of nervous tension and hilarity. Notes by David O’Mahony

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Anora: A stripper, Russian heavies and an oligarch’s son – what more do you need for a knockout comedy? Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner doesn’t waste a single one of its 140 minutes. No wonder it’s the favourite for the best-picture Oscar

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Donald Clarke | The Irish Times

Credits

Director | Sean Baker

Starring | Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan

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