PREVIEW: Nomadland (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck.), Linda May (film debut), Swankie (film debut), Bob Wells (film debut), Derek Endres (film debut), Peter Spears (Call Me By Your Name)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Chloé Zhao (The Rider), director, writer, producer, editor; Mollye Asher (Songs My Brothers Taught Me), Dan Janvey (Beasts of the Southern Wild), Frances McDormand (Every Secret Thing) and Peter Spears (Call Me By Your Name), producers; Ludovico Einaudi (Samba), composer; Joshua James Richards (God’s Own Country), cinematographer

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

After the financial collapse of a company town in Nevada, in which she loses everything from her job to her house, Fern (McDormand) packs up her van and heads out to live the life of a nomad in the American West, taking on small menial jobs and meeting intriguing new people along the way…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Chloé Zhao’s masterful – and, as of now, fully Oscar-certified – American epic is a gentle and emotional story about an inspiring group of people who have kept going even in the worst of times.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 30TH APRIL 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON DISNEY+ STAR – AND COMING SOON TO CINEMAS

 

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