Sean Baker’s ANORA, which stars Karren Karagulian and Vache Tovmasyan, premiered in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival and received a seven and a half minute standing ovation.
Karren Karagulian, who is a regular in Sean Baker’s films, plays Toros, while Vache Tovmasyan plays Garnick. The film is being described as an “outrageous sex worker dramedy” in which Mikey Madison gives an “all-time performance that pivots into UNCUT GEMS territory.
Indiewire calls Karren Karagulian “a dead ringer for Robert De Niro whose anxious presence helps to enhance the movie’s 35mm New Hollywood Cinema energy.”
