Nomadland

2020 • 107 minutos

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Tras el cierre de la mina de yeso ubicada en el pueblo de Nevada en el que vive, Fern (Frances McDormand) prepara su furgoneta y se lanza a la carretera. Convirtiéndose en una nómada actual, Fern comienza a explorar la vida al margen de la sociedad convencional y pronto descubre que posee una resiliencia y un ingenio que le permiten tener vivencias totalmente desconocidas para ella hasta el momento. Por el camino de esta historia de esperanza, conoce a otros nómadas que se convierten en sus mentores de vida en medio de los vastos y, a veces, sobrecogedores paisajes del Oeste de Estados Unidos. En NOMADLAND, de Searchlight Pictures y la aclamada directora Chloé Zhao, aparecen nómadas de la vida real como Linda May, Swankie y Bob Wells. Con mimo y perspicacia, Zhao elaboró el guion basándose en el libro "País nómada: supervivientes del siglo XXI" de Jessica Bruder. McDormand le da vida a Fern, en una actuación poderosa y auténtica. David Strathairn coprotagoniza el filme en el apasionante papel de un hombre del que Fern se hace amiga. NOMADLAND es un fascinante homenaje a la humanidad, la independencia y la aventura.

Calificaciones y opiniones

In producing a film on this topic, the uprootedness and marginalized circumstances of ageing (primarily white) Americans, the film reflects some of the previous literature that has covered similar individual stories. It's all well-acted and believable, but it does leave lots of important questions - like the how's and why's of the main characters - floating in the air. People in these circumstances certainly had time to end up there, so in such a film it would be helpful to learn more about the decisions and directions taken in the past that resulted in current circumstances. It is also a very sterilized depiction of a marginalized population, leaving out much of the messiness. Some very important pieces are missing, but it is still worth a watch.

Depressing, slow moving and no real storyline. I am shocked it won a best picture Oscar and can only think that was due to how few movies were released during the pandemic, reducing the competition to next to nothing.

A spiritual journey of grief and self-discovery. Honest to the bone, compassionate and with a lot of beauty inside of the deep America.