She questions why Fern was never around in their lives and why Fern stayed in Empire after her husband died, but she tells Fern she is brave to be so independent. Fern's sister lends her the money to get the van fixed. Unable to borrow money, she visits her sister's family at their home in California. Dave suggests that she come with him, but she declines.įern takes a new job at a sugar beet processing plant, but her van breaks down, and she cannot afford the repairs. He is hesitant, but Fern encourages him to go. One night, Dave's son visits the restaurant looking for him, telling him that his wife is pregnant and asking him to meet his grandchild. They take restaurant jobs at Wall Drug in South Dakota. When he falls ill with diverticulitis, Fern visits him at the hospital where he has had emergency surgery. Also working there is Dave, another nomad she met and danced with at the desert community. They eventually part ways.įern takes a job as a camp host at the Cedar Pass Campgrounds in Badlands National Park in South Dakota. Swankie tells Fern about her cancer diagnosis and shortened life expectancy and her plan to make good memories on the road rather than waste away in a hospital. Swankie chastises Fern for not being prepared and invites her to learn road survival skills they become friends. When Fern's van blows a tire, she visits the van of a nearby nomad, Swankie, to ask for a ride into town to buy a spare. There, Fern meets fellow nomads and learns basic survival and self-sufficiency skills for the road. Fern initially declines, but changes her mind as the weather turns cold and she struggles to find work in the area. Linda, a friend and co-worker, invites Fern to visit a desert rendezvous in Arizona organized by Bob Wells, which provides a support system and community for fellow nomads. She takes a seasonal job at an Amazon fulfillment center through the winter. Fern sells most of her belongings and purchases a van to live in and travel the country searching for work. In 2011, Fern loses her job after the US Gypsum plant in Empire, Nevada shuts down she worked there for years along with her husband, who recently died. It also won Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director at the 78th Golden Globe Awards, four awards including Best Film at the 74th British Academy Film Awards, and four awards including Best Film at the 36th Independent Spirit Awards. It is also the first Searchlight release to win Best Picture since the studio's ownership under Walt Disney Studios, following Disney's acquisition of the 21st Century Fox assets. Zhao became the first Asian woman and the second woman ever to win Best Director McDormand became the first woman and fourth person to win Academy Awards for both acting and producing, and the first person ever to win Academy Awards as producer and performer for the same film. It was the third-highest rated film of 2020 on Metacritic, which found it to be the most frequently ranked by critics and publications as one of the best films of the year.Īt the 93rd Academy Awards, it won Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress for McDormand, from a total of six nominations. The film was a box office success, grossing $39 million worldwide against its $5 million budget and received widespread critical acclaim for its direction, editing, screenplay and cinematography, as well as the performances of McDormand and Strathairn. 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. It also won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Nomadland premiered on September 11, 2020, at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion. 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. 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 to travel around the United States in her van as a nomad. Nomadland is a 2020 American drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Chloé Zhao.
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