Anora

NOZZ

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("Greatest Day" by Take That, Robin Schulz and Calum Scott)

Hi.

Hi. I'm Ani.

No? You waiting for someone else?

All right. Are you sure?

Okay.

Hello. Hi.

- How are you? Hello.

- Hi. I'm Ani. (chuckles) - Pleased to meet you.

- Very nice to meet you. - Yes.

- How you doing? - I'm doing well.

- Yeah? - Thank you. Oh, quite lovely.

You can sit right there, okay?

- Okay. - (both chuckle)

Do you still talk to your family?

- Do they know you do this? - Mm-hmm.

- They do? They're okay with it? - Yeah.

- I'd be okay. - (laughs)

Does your family know you're here?

- I hope not. - Yeah?

- Hi. I'm Ani. - Nice to meet you, Ani.

- Nice to meet you. - I'm Ricky.

- Ricky? - Yeah.

Hi. Nice to meet you. I'll just sit right next to you right here.

- Oh, yeah. - Very cozy, right?

MAN (voice-over): Pretty serious.

Yeah. - A lot of work, but, you know,

- that's why I'm here. - You're a hard worker?

Chill out and come here, you know?

Yeah, well, we could go chill out in a private room.

All right, lucky number six.

That's my number. - (Ani chuckles)

Thank you. Oh.

Yeah.

- Ani? - Yeah.

When Robert was here the other night,

did he ask you for a dance?

Yeah.

And you danced with him?

Yeah.

Okay.

- Okay. - Okay.

: Bitch.

Yeah! - Whoo!

He was really weird.

Super weird.

- Like, serial killer weird? - Like, he would rub...

Yeah, like, he was like Indian Jeffrey Dahmer,

and he kept, like,

- rubbing my leg... - (laughing): Oh, no.

...in a circle like that.

What is that? Is that a butterfly?

- Yeah, it's a butterfly. - You're so classy.

I know. (laughs)

I got dollar signs like a real ho.

No, but you're manifesting with those.

He said I looked like his 18-year-old daughter.

And then he bought five dances from me.

- (Ani laughing, coughing) - (laughing)

That's fucking disgusting.

Well, at least he bought the dances.

Yeah.

- (lively chatter) - (dance music playing)

- You can touch me. It's okay. - Yeah?

I'll build you a belt.

Yeah, make me a belt.

A money belt?

You don't have cash? Let's go to the ATM.

You want to go to the ATM right now?

- Well, I can't spend too much. - Yeah, okay.

- Let's go to the ATM. - Great.

Let's go get you some cash.

Seriously, he came out of the bathroom one time,

and he didn't zip up his fucking pants.

It's like, if you can't zip up

your fucking pants after you take a piss,

I don't trust you with the music.

Dude, he's 40.

He's literally geriatric.

- No, I know. It's like... Ani.

I got a kid who wants someone who speaks Russian.

You know, Jimmy, the girls and I have been talking,

and if your cousin doesn't start showing us some respect,

we're not gonna tip out anymore.

- All right. I'll talk to him. Yeah.

Who are you talking about, the DJ?

All right, seriously? - He's an asshole.

I shared my playlist with him,

and he was very rude and dismissive.

You're killing me.

Let's go. Come on.

No. No, I'm eating my food.

That's why you have Tupperware.

- To keep things fresh. She's eating.

He's a spender. - (overlapping chatter)

- Come on. Let's go. - Come on. What the fuck.

Time is money, baby. Get a roll on it.

Without pants, without nothing.

And then some...

Hey, guys. Then... One second, bro.

- Guys. Guys. Hello. - (Ivan continues indistinctly)

- This is the beautiful Ani. Wow.

- Hi. - She's gonna take care of

- everything you need tonight. Ani.

- (Ani laughs) - Ani, make me proud.

Yeah. I'm... Yeah.

: You are beautiful.

: Um, I'm, uh, uh, Ivan, and...

: But you can call me Vanya.

- (in English): Vanya. Okay. - Yeah.

Nice to meet you, Vanya.

: And this is my best friend...

: Uh, fucking best friend, Tom.

- Hi. I'm Ani. - What's up?

You're not bad. Uh, and, uh...

: I heard you speak Russian, right?

: Mm. No, I don't speak Russian,

but I know Russian.

: What do you mean?

: I can speak Russian.

I just prefer not to,

but you can go ahead and speak Russian.

I'll understand.

Uh, I not understand.

- What the fuck? - (both laugh)

Um... (sighs)

- Okay. - Yeah.

: Hello, Ivan.

: My name is Ani.

This is how I speak Russian.

Do you still want me to speak Russian?

Fuck yeah!

: No, it's... My Russian is terrible.

I can't even roll my R's.

No, no, you-you are not bad, really.

You are not bad in Russian. Your Russian is great, great.

- Really? Okay. - Yeah.

Well, I disagree, but thank you.

Yeah. And, uh, how do you know Russian?

My grandmother never learned English, so...

- Ah. Uh-huh. - (chuckles)

- Yeah. - But enough about me.

You two are from Russia?

Yeah, I'm from Russia, uh, but he lives here.

Yeah.

- (Ani chuckles) - Mm.

Oh, so you're on vacation or...

Mm, yeah, vacation.

I guess you can say that. Yeah.

But I'm speaking, uh...

: May I switch to Russian?

- (in English): Yeah? Yeah. - Oh, yeah. Whatever you want.

Yeah, because my English sounds terrible.

- (chuckles): At all, yeah. - No, no, no.

- Your English is really good. - Yeah.

: And that's why I think we should toast

to our fucking bad accents

with a bottle.

: Yeah. And you want to go to VIP, maybe?

: Yeah, excellent. I want.

Oh. (exclaims)

: You work in a cool place.

ANI (in English): Yeah, it's a cool place.

And the room I'm bringing you to is really nice.

Mm-hmm.

- Wow. Mm. - Right in there.

- Mm. - You're very good, really.