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Anora (2024)

Film

DirectorSean Baker

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Form & technique

The film's narrative shift from romantic comedy to violent thriller

Tropes

Anora's profession as an online and in-person sex worker → The Smile Tax
The arrival of Ivan’s parents and their enforcers at the Brooklyn home
Anora's final, desperate and screaming confrontation with Ivan → The Abject

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Lady Macbeth (2016) — via The Abject, The Smile Tax
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Call Me by Your Name (2017) — via The Smile Tax
Hunger (2008) — via The Smile Tax
Betty Blue (1986) — via The Smile Tax
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