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Nomadland
(2020),
Director: Chloé Zhao, rated R for mild nudity,
language
Surviving America in
the Twenty-First Century.
  Starring:
Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, the remaining participants
were all actual nomads roaming America including: Linda,
Charlene Swankie, Bob Wells, Peter Spears, Derek Endres, Gay
DeForest, Patricia Grier, Angela Reyes, Carl Hughes, Douglas
Soul
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★★☆
- near perfect
"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." -
Bob Wells
Why watch this?
Vagabonds. Bums. The homeless. Nomads. This you should know...
Plot Summary:
After losing everything in the Great Recession, Fern, a widow in
her sixties, becomes a modern-day nomad, traveling the American
West in her van. Along her journey, she experiences the
challenges and freedoms of life on the road, forming connections
with other nomads who have embraced this unconventional way of
life.
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Dad's Preview:
This American epoch feels like an intimate documentary at times.
This is by intention because many actual nomads lend their
stories here. Fern is a hard-working woman living in her van.
She
left behind her life after her husband passed and normality
just did not fit her anymore. So she wanders. She's
incredibly portrayed by Frances McDormand,
who relishes these closed-off, complicated female roles. We crave her smile because it so rarely given. There is
a poetic humanity to this film. The insights gained here,
about the people spilled into this unique lifestyle, should be a
lesson to all of us more fortunate. When life gets hard, folks
will forge on. They can go it alone,
but it is easier to find others who lend support. That's what
generations in America have done before. It's what the nomads
still do. This film won Oscars for Best Picture,
Director and Actress, verifying once again that story matters
more than anything.
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Highwayman
Hear/Say Prod., Cor Cordium Prod.;
Searchlight Pictures |
