Nomadland

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American film drama film film independent film

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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Fern (Nomadland) 1
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century 1

Statements (56)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ