Movie Review: Nomadland (2020)
Screenplay based on Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder
Life comes in billions of flavors. Nomadland is the story of people living out of their cars, vans, trucks, and RVs. Fern, played by Frances McDormand, was living a happy life with her husband in Empire, Nevada when the main employer of the town, a factory making drywalls, went out of business. Fern’s husband died and Fern had to move. Fern is now living out of a van, hopping from one campground to another, occasionally working on temporary positions. How are these modern-day nomads seen by their family members? As lazy people who are running away from the responsibilities that come with a settled life. But these nomads genuinely love their mobile lifestyles and do not want to think far enough when they will be old and frail and ready to call a grave their permanent home.
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