Nomadland

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Nomadland is a 2020 American drama film directed by Chloé Zhao that follows a woman living as a modern-day nomad in the American West after losing everything in the Great Recession.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
drama film
film
independent film
academyAwardsCeremony 93rd Academy Awards
academyAwardsWon Best Actress
Academy Award for Best Director
surface form: Best Director

Best Picture
baftaAwardsWon Best Director
Best Film
Best Leading Actress
basedOn Nomadland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
basedOnAuthor Jessica Bruder
castMember Bob Wells
David Strathairn
Frances McDormand
Linda May
Swankie
characterNameOfLead Fern
cinematographyBy Joshua James Richards
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Chloé Zhao
distributor Searchlight Pictures
editedBy Chloé Zhao
filmFestivalScreening Telluride Film Festival
surface form: Telluride Film Festival (special selection)

Toronto International Film Festival
genre drama
road movie
social drama
goldenGlobeAwardsWon Best Director – Motion Picture
Best Motion Picture – Drama
musicBy Ludovico Einaudi
originalLanguage English
plotSummary Follows a woman who becomes a modern-day nomad in the American West after losing her job and home during the Great Recession.
producer Chloé Zhao
Dan Janvey
Frances McDormand
Mollye Asher
Peter Spears
productionCompany Cor Cordium Productions
Hear/Say Productions
Highwayman Films
releaseYear 2020
rottenTomatoesStatus critical acclaim
runtimeMinutes 108
screenplayBy Chloé Zhao
setting Old West
surface form: American West
stars Frances McDormand
theatricalReleaseCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
theatricalReleaseDate 2021-02-19
theme Great Recession aftermath
economic hardship
modern-day nomadism
worldPremiereDate 2020-09-11
worldPremiereEvent Venice Film Festival
surface form: 77th Venice International Film Festival
writer Chloé Zhao

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Nomadland basedOn Nomadland self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
this entity surface form: Fern (Nomadland)
Frances McDormand notableWork Nomadland