Stories from the set

Director, screenwriter and producer Sean Baker saw Yura Borisov in the film «Compartment No. 6» and decided he absolutely had to work with him.

According to Sean Baker, he became a fan of Mikey Madison after seeing her performance in «Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood». At the very beginning of work on «Anora», he saw Madison in the horror film «Scream» and immediately decided to offer her the lead role.

The fourth film to receive the highest awards of the Cannes Film Festival (“Palme d'Or”) and the Academy Award (“Best Picture”). The first — “The Lost Weekend” (1945) by Billy Wilder received the “Grand Prix” (at that time the highest award) at Cannes, since the “Palme d'Or” was first awarded in 1955. The second — “Marty” (1955) by Delbert Mann. The third — “Parasite” (2019) by Bong Joon-ho.

The word fuck and its derivatives are heard 479 times in the film.