‘Anora’ ending explained: do Ani and Vanya have a future together?

The Oscar-buzzy indie film from Sean Baker ('The Florida Project', 'Red Rocket') is in cinemas now Sean Baker’s new Oscar -buzzy film Anora is in cinemas now, but do lead characters Ani and Vanya have a future together at the end of the film? READ MORE: Mikey Madison on her Oscar-tipped anti-Cinderella stripper story Anora The acclaimed independent film sees rising star Mikey Madison ( Once Upon a Time in Hollywood , Scream ) playing Anora ‘Ani’ Mikheeva, a stripper at a high-end Manhattan club, who meets Ivan ‘Vanya’ Zakharov (Mark Eydelshteyn), the wayward son of a rich Russian oligarch. Vanya is immature and unreliable, but Ani strikes up a meaningful relationship with him, eventually leaving her job and marrying him, much to the consternation of Vanya’s wealthy parents. The film is written and directed by Baker, whose previous films have included the celebrated indie films Tangerine , The Florida Project and Red Rocket .

Anora premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May, where it won the Palme d’Or Award, the first American film to do so since Terrence Malick’s The Tree Of Life in 2011. NME spoke to Madison ahead of the film’s release , who gave insight into her relationship with her character. “I was excited about playing a character like this, because she’s very complicated,” she said.

“I always wanted an audience to recognise her pain underneath everything.” “She’s a very vulnerable person on the inside. There are times where she’s ve.