Anora – but don’t call her that. Her name is Ani – is a hustler.
The titular character of Sean Baker’s “Anora” is a 23-year-old stripper who spends seven nights a week working the room at a Manhattan club – and boy, is she good at working the room.
Ani (Mikey Madison) can talk her way out of just about anything, can schmooze her way into just about any room. You’re waiting for another girl? They’re late, why don’t you go with her instead? You don’t have any cash? That’s alright, just go to the ATM, you have time! Ani is all about the attitude – just a girl with a thick Brooklyn accent, tinsel in her hair and a dream. Her job depends on her ability to posture, to make people like her, and to hold her own through it all.
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