In these listless Covid times, Chinese-American film director Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, about a woman who travels through the American west in a van after losing her job and her home, seems to be the film of the year.
On Sunday, Nomadland took home the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival 2020 (Tiff). Just last Saturday, it received the Golden Lion Award for best film at the 2020 Venice International Film Festival. That’s an accomplishment no other film can lay claim to. Venice is 77 years old, Tiff 45.
Nomadland stars two-time Oscar winner for best actress, Frances McDormand as Fern, along with many “actual nomads” that Zhao cast while on her own travels through the area.
