Nomadland Book Film

With frances mcdormand as its star alongside a cast real life nomads in lesser hands it might look like cheap wish fulfillment or.

Nomadland book film. Drawing on the nonfiction book by jessica bruder nomadland is a blend of fiction and reality with fern interacting with real life nomads including bob wells a kind of mentor to wanderers. The movie is inspired by jessica bruder s 2017 nonfiction book nomadland. Read 1 311 reviews from the world s largest community for readers. The inspiration for chloé zhao s 2020 golden lion award winning film s.

The film had its world premiere on september 11 2020 at the. Directed by chloé zhao. But there is also much of zhao. The new film is based on jessica bruder s 2017 nonfiction book nomadland.

It s a premise built on the experiences of america s modern day nomads documented in the source for the film jessica bruder s eponymous book. Surviving america in the twenty first century by jessica bruder and stars frances mcdormand as a woman who leaves her small town to travel around the american midwest. The book explores a phenomenon of older american workers traveling the country like nomads campers in tow in search of employment. Surviving america in the twenty first century which explores the reality of transient older americans living on the road.

With frances mcdormand gay deforest patricia grier linda may. The only other familiar face belongs to david strathairn perfect as a man who fern befriends there s an improvised natural quality to fern s conversations and interactions that grounds the film. Frances mcdormand illuminates chloé zhao s follow up to the rider a humane and lyrical film about people living on the road in the american west. Nomadland is a 2020 american drama film directed by chloé zhao who also wrote edited and co produced the film is based on the 2017 non fiction book nomadland.

Most of the people that fern meets along the way in nomadland are non actors people who live this life on the road. Nomadland is the kind of movie that could go very wrong.