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Rated: R
Staring: Frances McDormand, David Strathairn
Frances McDormand plays a woman named Fern who is recently widowed and has lost her job due to the closing of the gypsum plant she worked at for many years. She sells most of her belongings and buys a van to live in while she drives around the country looking for work. Soon she finds a job at an Amazon center where she meets several people who are nomads traveling from place to place seeking employment where they can find it.
One of her newly made friends invites her to visit a desert location where she meets other nomads that provide a support system for each other. While at first this lifestyle may seem depressing, you soon get caught up in the strong sense of community this group has for one another and the dignity they display. Frances McDormand is the perfect actress for this role. She makes a single glance or gesture say a lifetime of words. You feel her heartbreak, but don’t pity her. She is a person of strength who lives life as she wants it.
This is a quiet movie. You have time as viewer to experience the loneliness and silence of being alone. It is also beautifully filmed. The cinematography of the Badlands National Park is truly wonderful. It is honest movie making. No tricks, no special effects and many of the actors are actual nomads in their real life. The lovely music score by Ludovico Einaudi is the perfect accompaniment to each scene.
Released in 2020, Nomadland has already received many awards for its actors, director and cinematography. It seems destined to be a winner at the 2021 Golden Globes and Academy
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