Nomadland

Nomadland (2020)
Director: Chloé Zhao
Tagline: « Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century. »
Genre: Drama
Rating:  vote average (220’738 votes)
Quotes: « Swankie: I'm gonna be 75 this year. I think I've lived a pretty good life. I've seen some really neat things kayaking all of those places. And… You know, like a moose in the wild. A moose family on the river in Idaho and big white pelicans landed just six feet over my kayak on a lake in Colorado. Or… Come around a bin, was a cliff and find hundreds and hundreds of swallow nests on the wall of the cliff. And the swallows flying all around and reflecting in the water. So it looks like I'm flying with the swallows and they're under me, and over me, and all around me. And little babies are hatching out, and eggshells are falling out of the nest, landing on the water and floating on the water. These little white shells. That was like, it's just so awesome. I felt like I've done enough. My life was complete. If I died right then, at that moment, would be perfectly fine. » « Bob: One of the things I love most about this life is that there's no final goodbye. You know, I've met hundreds of people out here and I don't ever say a final goodbye. I always just say, "I'll see you down the road." And I do. And whether it's a month, or a year, or sometimes years, I see them again. » « Makenzie: My mom says that you're homeless, is that true? » « Fern: No, I'm not homeless. I'm just house-less. Not the same thing, right? »
Runtime:107 minutes
Plots: After losing everything in the Great Recession, a woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling nomad. 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 May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern’s mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West. Left with a broken heart and no place to call home, Fern, a widowed former teacher, leaves town following the closure of the local U.S. Gypsum plant in 2011. With hardly any possessions, she packs her memories into a second-hand van and embarks on a hopeless journey across towns and states in search of new opportunities. Along the way, Fern encounters fellow modern-day nomads who, just like her, grapple with the aftermath of the 2008 financial collapse. As they navigate a world indifferent to the sufferings of others, is home just a word?

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