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Nomadland (2020)

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Title: Nomadland

Tagline: See you down the road.

Genre: Drama, Western

Director: Chloé Zhao

Cast: Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Swankie, Gay DeForest, Patricia Grier, Angela Reyes, Carl R. Hughes, Douglas G. Soul, Ryan Aquino, Teresa Buchanan, Karie Lynn McDermott Wilder, Brandy Wilber, Makenzie Etcheverry, Bob Wells, Annette Webb, Rachel Bannon, Bryce Bedsworth, Sherita Deni Coker, Merle Redwing, Forrest Bault, Suanne Carlson, Donnie Miller, Roxanne Bay, Matt Sfaelos, Ronald O. Zimmerman, Derek Endres, Paige Dean, Paul Winer, Derrick Janis, Greg Barber, Carol Anne Hodge, Matthew Stinson, Terry Phillip, Bradford Lee Riza, Tay Strathairn, Cat Clifford, James R. Taylor Jr., Jeremy Greenman, Ken Greenman, Melissa Smith, Warren Keith, Jeff Andrews, Paul Cunningham, Emily Foley, Mike Sells, Peter Spears, Cheryl Davis

Release: 2020-12-26

Runtime: 108

Plot: A 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.



My wife convinced me to watch Nomadland. And all the bits I thought would bore me, touched me. This gorgeous, slow-moving, and quietly startling film is a story about loss and life. I highly recommend it!
 
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