Anna of all the Russias: The Life of a Poet under Stalin

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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] 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] All About Anna was officially selected for Zurich Film Festival and Io Isabella International Film Week. [5] [6] Debruge, Peter (21 June 2019). " 'Anna' Review: Sasha Luss's Big Shot Overshadowed by Controversy". Variety . Retrieved 23 June 2019. 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.

Ebiri, Bilge (21 June 2019). " 'Anna' Review: a Curiously Familiar Female Assassin". The New York Times.

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It is revealed that Olga had earlier revealed to Anna her knowledge of the CIA's planned assassination of Vassiliev. Both women conspired to go along with the CIA's plan as Olga wanted to take Vassiliev's place. As Olga moves into Vassiliev's former office, she views a recorded message left for her by Anna, who expresses her gratitude to Olga but reveals she kept evidence of Olga's involvement in Vassiliev's murder in case her old handler betrays their agreement. Olga smiles in admiration and proceeds to delete Anna's file from the KGB's official database. Døvebladet 12.06.indd" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011 . Retrieved 25 May 2010. 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] Principal photography on the film began in early November 2017 in Belgrade. Other locations were Paris, Moscow, [7] [8] [9] Milan and Guadeloupe. Loneliness is certainly one of the most universal subjects of European cinema, from Bergman's weighty meditations on faith to Truffaut's engaging slice-of-life comedies. Thankfully for everyone who dreads the pretentiousness that seems endemic to so much "serious" erotica, "All About Anna" cleaves to the latter camp.

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.

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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.

Beguiling Gry Bay (who, whether intentionally or not, is a dead ringer for the actress who played the titular character in "Elvira Madigan" nearly 40 years ago) is wholly believable both in and out of bed, by turns fetching, troubled, awkward, and sensitive (without ever being maudlin) in a performance that truly exists in a universe of its own, as if telegraphed from an alternate plane where "real movies" and "porn movies" are not mutually exclusive concepts. Eileen Daly happily lightens the mood in a winning supporting role, and French porn icon Ovidie is memorable in a lesbian liaison with Anna (although her Gothic, fetishistic look and personality would seem to suggest she'd be more at home in a Dario Argento erotic-horror opus than a quiet slice-of-life comedy like "All About Anna." All About Anna is a 2005 Danish erotic film directed by Jessica Nilsson and starring Gry Bay and Mark Stevens. The film is explicit in its exploration of sexual relationships. Keslassy, Elsa (25 July 2019). "Luc Besson's 'Anna' Flops at French Box Office, Adding to Pressure on EuropaCorp". Variety.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] Roger Moore (21 June 2019). "Movie Review: "Anna" is merely the latest "La Femme Nikita" ". Movie Nation. Fear, David (21 June 2019). " 'Anna' Review: A Girl, Some Guns and a Recycled Plot". Rolling Stone. JURNJAVA PO BEOGRADSKIM ULICAMA: Pogledajte scenu koju je Lik Beson snimio u glavnom gradu Srbije" (in Serbian). 29 November 2017.