Sex worker drama Anora wins the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival

Sean Baker, winner of the Palme d'Or for the film 'Anora,' poses for photographers during the photo call following the awards ceremony at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday. Picture: Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP

Sean Baker’s Anora, a comic but devastating Brooklyn odyssey about a sex worker who marries the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch, has won the Cannes Film Festival’s top award, the Palme d’Or.

Baker accepted the prize with his film’s star, Mikey Madison, watching in the audience at the Cannes closing ceremony on Saturday.