Her name is Fern. And she's played by the tremendousFrances McDormand. And inChloe Zhao's film, she falls into a new community of people who live on the road out of vans and RVs. "Nomadland" is a major pla...
According to the official rationale, the film “looks to the horizon of an unseen America. Chloé Zhao’s richly rendered portrait of one woman’s life journey is a meditation on transience – exploring the natural need to be a neighbor alongside the freedom of isolation offered by the ...
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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. The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, NOMADLAND features real nomads Linda ...
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. The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, NOMADLAND features real nomads Linda ...
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Using these sceneries to express freedom, the film is also an exploration of the diverse native backdrops that change with the seasons and with Fern’s travels, contrasting with the harsh life the character is going through. In addition, the vastness and the bar...
The film becomes a portrait of people who have been largely forgotten by conventional society but who have created a society of their own. (Fern may occasionally work at an Amazon warehouse but one gets the feeling that she would never order anything from there herself.) The film centers on...
are headed next. Yet there’s a kind of comfort that comes with this film too, because we as the audience are in capable hands (Zhao’s hands) for the journey. And so I believe I will return to this film, again and again, like seeing a familiar landmark which reminds me of home....
(David Strathairn plays an old nomad infatuated with Fern), some of the authentic charms dissipate as the screenplay suffers from some stilted frames. While it doesn’t deter Zhao and company from reaching a satisfying conclusion, there’s a sense that the film would’ve been better served by...