Nomadland Length
Frances mcdormand david strathairn bob wells.
Nomadland length. Frances mcdormand hits the road with the rider director in tender ode to american independence production. Surviving america in the twenty first century nomadland is writer and director chloƩ zhao s third feature length film and is a beautiful and compassionate portrait of people living on the outskirts of american society. It won top prizes at the venice the golden lion and toronto peoples choice award festivals. The searchlight produced nomadland which stars frances mcdormand as a woman roaming the midwest in an rv.
Reviewed at regal edwards big newport rpx newport beach. In 2011 after the economy collapsed it leaves the rural town of empire in nevada uninhabitable and sixty. Adapted from jessica bruder s non fiction book nomadland. In fact almost everyone here save from fern and dave played by david strathairn is a real life nomad zhao continues her penchant for semi doc authenticity starting with 2017 s the rider by placing fern in amongst this real community and allowing those people the chance to be themselves it imbues nomadland with a phenomenal sense of heart and pathos.
A woman in her sixties who after losing everything in the great recession embarks on a journey through the american west living as a van dwelling. Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural nevada fern frances mcdormand packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern day nomad.