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.The win for Anora marks a new high point for Baker, the director of The Florida Project.

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.The win for Anora marks a new high point for Baker, the director of The Florida Project.