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Nomadland
Sign in to saveNomadland is a 2020 American drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Chloé Zhao. Based on the 2017 nonfiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder, it stars Frances McDormand as a widow who leaves her life in Nevada to drift around the United States in her van. A number of real-life nomads appear as fictionalized versions of themselves, including Linda May, Swankie, and Bob Wells. David Strathairn also stars in a supporting role.
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Nomadland is a 2020 American drama and road movie written, directed, and edited by Chloé Zhao. The film stars Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, and Peter Spears, who also served as producers alongside Zhao. It was produced by Cor Cordium Productions, Hear/Say Productions, and Highwayman Films, with music composed by Ludovico Einaudi and cinematography by Joshua James Richards. Distributed by Searchlight Pictures and Disney+, the English-language film has a runtime of 107 minutes.
The narrative is set in locations including Colorado, Nevada, Empire, and Badlands National Park, exploring themes of nomads, autonomy, and self-actualization within the culture of the United States. The film received an R rating and was based on the work Nomadland. Its tagline is "See you down the road."
Nomadland has received critical acclaim, holding a Metascore of 87 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 93%. It has won the Golden Lion, the Academy Award for Best Picture, the Academy Award for Best Director, and the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film. The film has a budget of $5,000,000 and generated $39,458,207 in revenue.
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Film · TMDB
7.2A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
Cast
- Frances McDormand as Fern
- David Strathairn as Dave
- Linda May as Linda
- Swankie as Swankie
- Gay DeForest as Gay
- Patricia Grier as Patty
Themes
- factory worker
- van
- based on novel or book
- nevada
- recession
- homelessness
- road trip
- unemployment
- recreational vehicle
- road movie
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
216,384 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
93%
Metacritic
87/100
- Year
- 2020
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 3 Oscars. 253 wins & 155 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Nomadland
- Film.image
- Nomadland poster.jpeg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Chloé Zhao
- Film.screenplay
- Chloé Zhao
- Film.music
- Ludovico Einaudi
- Film.cinematography
- Joshua James Richards
- Film.editing
- Chloé Zhao
- Film.distributor
- Searchlight Pictures
- Film.runtime
- 108 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $5 million
- Film.gross
- $39.5 million
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Soundtrack
- Songs and author
- Release
- Reception
- Box office
- Critical response
- Reaction in China
- Accolades
- References
- External links
Nomadland is a 2020 American drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Chloé Zhao. Based on the 2017 nonfiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder, it stars Frances McDormand as a widow who leaves her life in Nevada to drift around the United States in her van. A number of real-life nomads appear as fictionalized versions of themselves, including Linda May, Swankie, and Bob Wells. David Strathairn also stars in a supporting role.
Nomadland premiered on September 11, 2020, at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion. It also won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. It had a one-week streaming limited release on December 4, 2020, and was distributed by Searchlight Pictures in selected IMAX theaters in the United States on January 29, 2021, and simultaneously in theaters, and streaming digitally on Hulu, on February 19, 2021. The film received critical acclaim and was a box office success, grossing $39 million worldwide against its $5 million budget.
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