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The film was released in the United States on 21 June 2019. [12] It was released on Digital HD on 10 September 2019 and on DVD, Blu-ray, and Ultra HD Blu-ray on 24 September 2019. [13] Reception [ edit ] Box office [ edit ] The deceptively simple story focuses on young Anna (portrayed with an abundance of grace and style by mainstream Danish TV and music star Gry Bay), a young theatrical costume designer, who's focused on her career to the point of shunning romantic entanglements. But her concentration is shattered by a brief encounter with her ex- boyfriend Johan. As she begins to question her choices in life and love, Anna's dilemma ironically stems from her very determination to be an independent, self-actualized woman. While yearning for romance, she fears the pain it may entail - but even more, She fears loneliness even more. In a world where "no pain, no gain" seems to take on new meanings all the time, Anna is forced to make a life-defining decision. a b "Anna (15) - BBFC". British Board of Film Classification. 4 June 2019 . Retrieved 8 November 2020. Anna movie review & film summary (2019)". rogerebert.com. 21 June 2019 . Retrieved 17 December 2021. The US theatrical premiere was held on 18 January 2007 in Chicago, where it was included in the series Cinematic Sexualities in the 21st Century, arranged by Doc Films in collaboration with The University of Chicago Film Studies Center. [3] [4]

In 2006 it was nominated for two EroticLine Awards in the categories Best International Newcomer ( Gry Bay) and Best International Actor (Mark Stevens). [ citation needed] On 9 October 2017, it was reported that Luc Besson's next film would be Anna, starring newcomer Sasha Luss, along with Helen Mirren, Luke Evans, and Cillian Murphy. EuropaCorp produced the film while Lionsgate handled the distribution under their Summit Entertainment label. [6] Døvebladet 12.06.indd" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011 . Retrieved 25 May 2010. Brad Wheeler (20 June 2019). "Review: Luc Besson's spy slop Anna shows the true mark of an unprofessional". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019 . Retrieved 18 August 2019. Brad Wheeler of The Globe and Mail called the film "a near-parody non-thriller" and was critical of the story structure: "Anna relies on a time-shifting structure that is laughably exhausting." [19]

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Roger Moore (21 June 2019). "Movie Review: "Anna" is merely the latest "La Femme Nikita" ". Movie Nation. In 1990, [5] Anna, a young Russian woman and victim of domestic abuse, will do anything to escape the life she is trapped in. A KGB agent, Alex, discovers Anna's predicament and recruits her as a field operative. After a year of training, she is told that for the next five years, she will work under senior KGB handler Olga; once the five years are up, she will be discharged from the agency and can start her life over again. However, the new director of the KGB, Vassiliev, refuses to honor the original agreement as he believes that former agents are a liability to the agency and that the only path to freedom is death.

Ebiri, Bilge (21 June 2019). " 'Anna' Review: a Curiously Familiar Female Assassin". The New York Times. JURNJAVA PO BEOGRADSKIM ULICAMA: Pogledajte scenu koju je Lik Beson snimio u glavnom gradu Srbije" (in Serbian). 29 November 2017. AVN - 2010 AVN Awards Show". Avnawards.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009 . Retrieved 25 May 2010. Anna assumes the identity of a fashion model and starts a professional career in Paris, while completing various missions and assassinations. To avoid suspicion, she enters into a romantic relationship with fellow model Maude, endorsed by Olga. When the CIA uncovers her true identity, she agrees to work for them as a double agent with Agent Leonard Miller as her handler, in exchange for the promise of a new life in Hawaii. Miller asks her to assassinate Vassiliev, as the CIA believes that whoever succeeds him will improve their working relationship with the KGB. Anna kills Vassiliev while the two play a game of chess and proceeds to shoot her way out of the KGB. In 2007, it won three Scandinavian Adult Awards, including Best Scandinavian Couples Film, Best Scandinavian Actor ( Thomas Raft) and Best Selling Scandinavian Star of 2006 ( Gry Bay). [8]In September 2007, Germany's biggest weekly magazine Stern identified women's pornography as one of 50 trends, placed an image from All About Anna on the cover of its cultural supplement Stern Journal, and commented: The much-ballyhooed unsimulated sex scenes emerge as nothing so much as a natural part of the storyline. This simplicity of the explicit content is heightened by the fact that the crew and actors utilized here obviously had no experience in making "adult" films. Indeed, porn fans seeking gynecological close-ups and standard-issue "money shots" should look elsewhere, as this is one sex movie that refuses to indulge sex movie clichés. In many instances, the camera operator's choice to shoot much of the lovemaking as a series of full body shots seems to actually work against the conventions customary to adult - but they speak volumes in terms of exteriorizing the inner lives of central characters. A slice-of-life mainstream romantic comedy with explicit lovemaking scenes, "All About Anna" is erotica made by women, for women and about women. Despite its graphic sexual content, It's not a shadowy dark night of the soul, as earlier, similar efforts like "The Devil In The Flesh" and "The Brown Bunny" strained to portray. It's simply entertaining and gently arousing, and aimed squarely at ladies and couples. Successful or not (and this critic feels, by and large, that it's a success) "All About Anna" represents a new genre: a fusing of the Northern European ambiance and pretty photography of that 60s classic "Elvira Madigan" (which this film more than slightly resembles, despite a much more upbeat ending), with a distinct feminist sensibility and startling, you-are- there hardcore photography. Imagine Hellman being given a free hand to shoot his own explicit adult film, with a wry, literate script and more than a few knowing references to "Elvira Madigan," and you've got this precocious film, a movie that beats all the X-rated filmmakers in the world to the punch at creating an "adult movie" that's not only also a "real movie" but a truly "good movie" as well.

Luc Besson Debuts the First Anna Photo from the Set". ComingSoon.net. 5 November 2017 . Retrieved 7 November 2017.All About Anna was officially selected for Zurich Film Festival and Io Isabella International Film Week. [5] [6] a b c d e f Justin Kroll; Elsa Keslassy (9 October 2017). "Luc Besson Sets Next Film Anna With Helen Mirren, Luke Evans (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved 1 November 2019. When Nikita meets Leon': Luke Besson starts filming 'Anna' ". The Malay Mail Online. 7 November 2017 . Retrieved 7 November 2017. Peter Debruge of Variety wrote, " Anna shows that Besson is the same filmmaker now that he was 20 years ago, and unlike his title character, who lithely adapts to whatever situation she's in, he's been telling roughly the same story over and over all this time." [18] Debruge, Peter (21 June 2019). " 'Anna' Review: Sasha Luss's Big Shot Overshadowed by Controversy". Variety . Retrieved 23 June 2019.

Anna (stylized as ANИA) is a 2019 action thriller film written, produced and directed by Luc Besson. The film stars Sasha Luss as the eponymous assassin, alongside Luke Evans, Cillian Murphy, Helen Mirren, and Alexander Petrov. The film was originally released in November 2005 on a Scandinavian three-disc DVD. This was the first Danish pornographic film to be released with subtitles for the hearing-impaired, which was enthusiastically received by the deaf community. [1] [2]It is a co-production between Innocent Pictures and Lars von Trier's Zentropa Productions, and is the third of Zentropa's sex films for women, following Constance (1998) and Pink Prison (1999). All three films were based on the Puzzy Power Manifesto developed by Zentropa in 1997. An English language film shot in Denmark with a European cast, "All About Anna" is a co-production from Innocent Pictures and Zentropa Productions, best known in the United States for award-winning feature films like Lars von Trier's "Dancer in the Dark" and "Dogville" starring Nicole Kidman and James Caan. Fear, David (21 June 2019). " 'Anna' Review: A Girl, Some Guns and a Recycled Plot". Rolling Stone. In September 2009, it was released theatrically in the United Kingdom as a double bill with Lars von Trier's Antichrist (also a Zentropa-produced film with sexually explicit images). [7] Reception and awards [ edit ]