Anora, the latest comedy-drama from director Sean Baker, stars Once Upon a Time in Hollywood's Mikey Madison as Ani, a stripper and escort from the Brighton Beach neighborhood of New York City who finds herself caught up in a whirlwind romance – and marriage – with Vanya (Mark Eydelshteyn) a Russian oligarch's son.
Over the past 12 years, Baker's movies, Starlet, Tangerine, The Florida Project, and Red Rocket, have all dealt with different aspects of the sex industry, from adult film stars to trans sex workers, and he returns to the same themes of labor, class, and exploitation in Anora. "There are so many aspects of sex work, and sex work is really an umbrella term for many different occupations in that world," Baker tells GamesRadar+ on the red carpet at London Film Festival.
