Sex-worker drama Anora wins Palme d’Or, the Cannes Film Festival’s top honour

Sean Baker, winner of the Palme d'Or for the film Anora, at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, on May 25, 2024. Sean Baker’s Anora, a comic but devastating Brooklyn odyssey about a sex worker who marries the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch, won the Cannes Film Festival’s top award, the Palme d’Or.

But Baker, the first American filmmaker to win the Palme since Terrence Mallick in 2011 with The Tree of Life, quickly answered that his ambition would remain to “fight to keep cinema alive”. The director said the world needed reminding that “watching a film at home while scrolling through your phone, answering emails and half paying attention is just not the way — although some tech companies would like us to think so”.

While Anora was arguably the most acclaimed film of the festival, its win was a slight surprise. Many expected either the gentle Indian drama All We Imagine As Light or the Iranian film The Seed of the Sacred Fig to win. Both of those films also took home prizes. His film, which includes real footage from the 2022-2023 demonstrations in Iran, channels Iranian oppression into a family drama. The Cannes crowd met an emotional Rasoulof with a lengthy standing ovation.

“This award is not just for me. It’s for all people who are fighting for themselves and their rights,” Gascon told reporters. “We’ve been insulted, denigrated, subjected to a lot of violence without even knowing why. I think this is award is so much more than anyone could imagine.”

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