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* WidowWoman: Fern seems to be motivated by the remembrance of her husband, who died prior to the beginning of the film. She explains that [[spoiler:her husband was what tied her into settling down, and with him and the town he worked in gone, there's nothing to tie her down again.]]
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* ProductionForeshadowing: Fern passes by a theater showing the time-period-appropriate Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse film ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', with prominent posters. During ''Nomadland'''s production, Chloé Zhao was also in the midst of pre-production for her own MCU film, ''Eternals''.
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* ProductionForeshadowing: Fern passes by a theater showing the time-period-appropriate Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse film ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', with prominent posters. During ''Nomadland'''s production, Chloé Zhao was also in the midst of pre-production for her own MCU film, ''Eternals''.''Film/{{Eternals}}''.
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* TrashyTrailerHome: Inverted in the movie. Aside from some minor issues that obviously come from living in a vehicle, the protagonist and most of the people she encounters find living a nomadic lifestyle in vans, RVs and trailers to be a fulfilling lifestyle (even the one who calls it quits at the end of the film had it clear from early on that he only wanted to live as a nomad temporarily). Averted in the book, which makes it clear that its subjects are not "trash", but is also blunter about the hardships (such as lack of healthcare).
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''Nomadland'' is a 2020 drama film directed by Creator/ChloeZhao based on the non-fiction book of the same name. It had a festival run where it became the first film to win top prize at both the Venice and the Toronto International Film Festival. {{Creator/Disney}}, the film's producer, allowed a simultaneous wide release in theaters and on Creator/{{Hulu}} during the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic on February 19, 2021. Outside the United States, the film was released via Creator/DisneyPlus's Creator/{{STAR}} Creator/{{Star|DisneyPlus}} hub in many territories.
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''Nomadland'' is a 2020 drama film directed by [[Film/TheRider Chloé Zhao]] Creator/ChloeZhao based on the non-fiction book of the same name. It had a festival run where it became the first film to win top prize at both the Venice and the Toronto International Film Festival. {{Creator/Disney}}, the film's producer, allowed a simultaneous wide release in theaters and on Creator/{{Hulu}} during the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic on February 19, 2021. Outside the United States, the film was released via Creator/DisneyPlus's Creator/{{STAR}} hub in many territories.
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* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Swankie starts coughing as she and Fern are chatting. Moments after that she is feeling faint and needing to sit down, and right after that she's revealing to Fern that she has terminal cancer.
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* NewYearHasCome: Fern sees in the new year at the Amazon nomad camp, walking around with a sparkler and a "Happy New Year" hat.
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* OffIntoTheDistanceEnding: Ends with Fern, the nomad, driving down the road after one last visit to Empire.
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* ShoutOut: Fern seems to be a Shakespeare fan. An old student (Fern was a tutor and substitute teacher) rattles off some lines Fern taught her: bits from the "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow" soliloquy in ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''. Later, Fern recites Sonnet 18 ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?") from memory.
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* BookEnds: The movie begins and ends in Empire with Fern going through very similar motions. [[spoiler:The difference is that at the end, she gives up all of her belongings that remained in the storage shed.]]
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:David really likes Fern and wants her to settle down with him, especially when he moves back in with his family. Unfortunately, Fern is too shaken up by the death of her husband to do so.]]
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* ProductionForeshadowing: Fern passes by a theater showing the time-period-appropriate Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse film ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', with prominent posters. During ''Nomadland'''s production, Chloé Zhao was also in the midst of pre-production for her own MCU film, ''Eternals''.[[note]]Ironically, if not for the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, ''Eternals'' [[ReleaseDateChange would have been]] released first.[[/note]]
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* ProductionForeshadowing: Fern passes by a theater showing the time-period-appropriate Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse film ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', with prominent posters. During ''Nomadland'''s production, Chloé Zhao was also in the midst of pre-production for her own MCU film, ''Eternals''.[[note]]Ironically, if not for the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, ''Eternals'' [[ReleaseDateChange would have been]] released first.[[/note]]
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* NoPlaceForMeThere: Fern is loathe to settle down anywhere after the death of her husband, which is why she keeps moving on. In general, it's a theme running through the nomads, who are often unmoored after some catastrophic loss - ranging from the death of a friend (in Swankie's case), a VietnamVet still suffering from PTSD, pure boredom in the case of a young nomad, and the suicide of the Nomad "leader".
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* NoPlaceForMeThere: Fern is loathe to settle down anywhere after the death of her husband, which is why she keeps moving on. In general, it's a theme running through the nomads, who are often unmoored after some catastrophic loss - ranging from the death of a friend (in Swankie's case), a VietnamVet still suffering from PTSD, pure boredom yearning to explore in the case of a young nomad, and the suicide of the Nomad "leader"."leader"'s son.
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* CompanyTown: Empire, Nevada, where Fern and her husband used to house a gypsum plant and hundreds of workers but became deserted after the factory closed down. The film shows that, in a sense, these live on - MegaCorp Amazon regularly (and still does) hire loads of itinerant
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* CallBack: Not explicitly spelled out until the end, but one of the facts of living a nomad lifestyle is that you run into people again - be it days, weeks, or years later. Fern runs into multiple people she wasn't expecting to see again, ranging from her own sister to a random young nomad.
* CompanyTown: Empire, Nevada, where Fern and her husband used to house a gypsum plant and hundreds of workers but became deserted after the factory closed down. The film shows that, in a sense, these live on - MegaCorp Amazon regularly (and still does) hire loads of itinerant workers living out of their vans or [=RVs=]. This is TruthInTelevision, of course.
* CompanyTown: Empire, Nevada, where Fern and her husband used to house a gypsum plant and hundreds of workers but became deserted after the factory closed down. The film shows that, in a sense, these live on - MegaCorp Amazon regularly (and still does) hire loads of itinerant workers living out of their vans or [=RVs=]. This is TruthInTelevision, of course.
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* TheNewTens: Taking place in the aftermath of the Great Recession, with Fern's husband losing his job (and his life) in 2011. The movie picks up soon after and covers Fran's travels through 2012 (a movie theater showing for ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' confirms this) and into early 2013.
* NoPlaceForMeThere: Fern is loathe to settle down anywhere after the death of her husband, which is why she keeps moving on.
* NoPlaceForMeThere: Fern is loathe to settle down anywhere after the death of her husband, which is why she keeps moving on.
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* TheNewTens: Taking place in the aftermath of the Great Recession, with Fern's husband losing his job (and his life) in 2011. The movie picks up soon after and covers Fran's travels through 2012 (a movie theater showing for ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' confirms this) and into early 2013.
2013. There's implications (and it's TruthInTelevision, as the Nomad lifestyle is going on strong to this day) that this echos even a decade later.
* NoPlaceForMeThere: Fern is loathe to settle down anywhere after the death of her husband, which is why she keeps moving on. In general, it's a theme running through the nomads, who are often unmoored after some catastrophic loss - ranging from the death of a friend (in Swankie's case), a VietnamVet still suffering from PTSD, pure boredom in the case of a young nomad, and the suicide of the Nomad "leader".
* NoPlaceForMeThere: Fern is loathe to settle down anywhere after the death of her husband, which is why she keeps moving on. In general, it's a theme running through the nomads, who are often unmoored after some catastrophic loss - ranging from the death of a friend (in Swankie's case), a VietnamVet still suffering from PTSD, pure boredom in the case of a young nomad, and the suicide of the Nomad "leader".
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* WalkingTheEarth: A deconstruction. Fern and David really strained their relationships with their living families by refusing to settle down, and they've somewhat trapped themselves between lifestyles. [[spoiler:David eventually chooses to permanently move back in with his family; Fern keeps wandering but comes to a clearer understanding with her sister.]]
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* WalkingTheEarth: A deconstruction. Fern and David really strained their relationships with their living families by refusing to settle down, and they've somewhat trapped themselves between lifestyles. [[spoiler:David eventually chooses to permanently move back in with his family; Fern keeps wandering but comes to a clearer understanding with her sister.]]]] There's a young nomad Fern meets who's doing much the same, and Fern's more concerned about him having a place to stay at first.
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* CompanyTown: Empire, Nevada, where Fern and her husband used to house a gypsum plant and hundreds of workers but became deserted after the factory closed down.
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** Fern's sister, who was more 'normal' growing up and has a lovely home in the suburbs, in contrast to the unconventional and eccentric Fern who has embraced being a wanderer. Her husband is even a real estate agent while Fern has abandoned traditional housing entirely to live in her van. Later, Fern and her sister's husband have a heated argument about their lifestyles, with Fern saying people dumping their life savings and debt into a house is irresponsible (and the husband saying the same of basically being homeless). Later again, when Fern prepares to leave, her sister semi-bitterly accuses her of never finding the family interesting, and that Fern leaving left a real big hole in her sister's life.
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* ParentsAsPeople: Due to his wandering lifestyle, David was an absent father for his son. Fern encourages him to try and be present as a grandfather when his son invites him home.
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* WidowWoman: Fern seems to be motivated by the remembrance of her husband, who died prior to the beginning of the film.
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* WalkingTheEarth: A deconstruction. Fern and David really strained their relationships with their living families by refusing to settle down, and they've somewhat trapped themselves between lifestyles. [[spoiler:David eventually chooses to permanently move back in with his family; Fern keeps wandering but comes to a clearer understanding with her sister.]]]]
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Creator/FrancesMcDormand stars as Fern, a [[InsistentTerminology houseless]] widow left jobless after the gypsum plant in Empire, Nebraska shuts down amidst the 2011 recession. Packing all her belongings in a van, Fern attempts to embrace the wandering nomad lifestyle after attending a seminar in the desert organized by a community of fellow nomads.
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Creator/FrancesMcDormand stars as Fern, a [[InsistentTerminology houseless]] widow left jobless after the gypsum plant her deceased husband's CompanyTown in Empire, Nebraska shuts down amidst Nevada, is vacated after the 2011 recession.Great Recession. Packing all her belongings in a van, Fern attempts to embrace the wandering nomad lifestyle after attending a seminar in the desert organized by a community of fellow nomads.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: The film was released in 2020, but is set between 2013 and 2014.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: The film was released in 2020, but is set between 2013 2012 and 2014.2013.
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* ButNowIMustGo: A realistic version. Fern has opportunities to settle down with David and her sister at separate times, but she turns both down to leave.
* CompanyTown: Empire, Nebraska, where Fern and her husband used to house a gypsum factory and hundreds of workers, but became deserted after the factory closed down.
* DeathByAdaptation: A ''real life'' version, no less. The "Swankie" of the book (and...reality) is still alive, while she dies in the film.
* CompanyTown: Empire, Nebraska, where Fern and her husband used to house a gypsum factory and hundreds of workers, but became deserted after the factory closed down.
* DeathByAdaptation: A ''real life'' version, no less. The "Swankie" of the book (and...reality) is still alive, while she dies in the film.
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* ButNowIMustGo: A realistic version. Fern has opportunities to settle down with David and her sister at separate times, but she turns both down to leave.return to her van's travels.
* CompanyTown: Empire,Nebraska, Nevada, where Fern and her husband used to house a gypsum factory plant and hundreds of workers, workers but became deserted after the factory closed down.
* DeathByAdaptation: A ''real life'' version, no less. The "Swankie" of the book (and... reality)is was still alive, alive at the time of release, while she dies in the film.
* CompanyTown: Empire,
* DeathByAdaptation: A ''real life'' version, no less. The "Swankie" of the book (and... reality)
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* WalkingTheEarth: A deconstruction. Fern and David really strained their relationships with their living families by refusing to settle down, and they've somewhat trapped themselves between lifestyles. [[spoiler:David eventually chooses to permanently move back in with his family; Fern keeps wandering, but comes to a clearer understanding with her sister.]]
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* WalkingTheEarth: A deconstruction. Fern and David really strained their relationships with their living families by refusing to settle down, and they've somewhat trapped themselves between lifestyles. [[spoiler:David eventually chooses to permanently move back in with his family; Fern keeps wandering, wandering but comes to a clearer understanding with her sister.]]
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* TheNewTens: Taking place in the aftermath of the Great Recession, with Fern's husband losing his job (and his life) in 2011. The movie picks up soon after and covers Fran's travels through 2012 (a movie theater showing for ''Film/TheAvengers'' confirms this) and into early 2013.
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* TheNewTens: Taking place in the aftermath of the Great Recession, with Fern's husband losing his job (and his life) in 2011. The movie picks up soon after and covers Fran's travels through 2012 (a movie theater showing for ''Film/TheAvengers'' ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' confirms this) and into early 2013.
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* ProductionForeshadowing: Fern passes by a theater showing the time-period-appropriate Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse film ''Film/TheAvengers'', with prominent posters. During ''Nomadland'''s production, Chloé Zhao was also in the midst of pre-production for her own MCU film, ''Eternals''.[[note]]Ironically, if not for the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, ''Eternals'' [[ReleaseDateChange would have been]] released first.[[/note]]
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* ProductionForeshadowing: Fern passes by a theater showing the time-period-appropriate Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse film ''Film/TheAvengers'', ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', with prominent posters. During ''Nomadland'''s production, Chloé Zhao was also in the midst of pre-production for her own MCU film, ''Eternals''.[[note]]Ironically, if not for the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, ''Eternals'' [[ReleaseDateChange would have been]] released first.[[/note]]
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''Nomadland'' is a 2020 drama film directed by [[Film/TheRider Chloé Zhao]] based on the non-fiction book of the same name. It had a festival run where it became the first film to win top prize at both the Venice and the Toronto International Film Festival. It received a simultaneous wide release courtesy of Creator/SearchlightPictures in theaters and on Creator/{{Hulu}} during the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic on February 19, 2021. Outside the United States, the film was released via Creator/DisneyPlus's Creator/{{STAR}} hub in many territories.
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* AsHimself: Bob Wells plays himself, and much of the cast is comprised of real-life nomads [[TheDanza with the same names as their characters]] essentially doing the same, [[spoiler:though the "real" Swankie is still alive.]]
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** David. Both of them start off as nomads and form something of a connection, but David [[spoiler:abandons the lifestyle and settles in with his family, while Fern continues it.]]
** Fern's sister, who was more 'normal' growing up and has a lovely home in the suburbs, in contrast to the unconventional and eccentric Fern who has embraced being a wanderer. Her husband is even a real estate agent while Fern has abandoned traditional housing to live in her van.
** David. Both of them start off as nomads and form something of a connection, but David [[spoiler:abandons the lifestyle and settles in with his family, while Fern continues it.]]
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* LivesInAVan: TheMovie! The film depicts the various challenges and rewards of this lifestyle choice with great accuracy and attention to detail.
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* NoPlaceForMeThere: Fern feels this way after the death of her husband, which is why she keeps moving on.
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* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: There's a brief scene with the lead character Fern relaxing in a river fully nude to earn the film its R rating. Aside from that one moment, there's practically nothing risqué about the film.
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* SceneryPorn: The movie's narrative regularly takes a pause to revel in the gorgeous natural beauty of the rural West of UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates, particularly its national parks like Yellowstone and Badlands.
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Homeless Hero refers to someone who does good deeds but lacks a home; the trope definition specifically references them staying put in one place, and none of the characters are particularly heroic. Not all of the nomads are portrayed as being forced into the lifestyle, and Fern and David explicitly are shown to have had other options
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* AsHimself: Bob Wells apparently plays himself.
* AudienceSurrogate: Fern serves this role remarkably. Wherever she goes, she sees beautiful landscapes or patiently listens to the stories of the people around her, but the story follows only her. It's through her eyes that we glimpse other people's stories.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the minimalist [[WalkingTheEarth "travel in a van across the country"]] ideology. The people in this movie have been forced into this lifestyle for one reason or another, and Fern is consistently underprepared to live the life of a nomad.
* AudienceSurrogate: Fern serves this role remarkably. Wherever she goes, she sees beautiful landscapes or patiently listens to the stories of the people around her, but the story follows only her. It's through her eyes that we glimpse other people's stories.
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himself, and much of the cast is comprised of real-life nomads [[TheDanza with the same names as their characters]] essentially doing the same, [[spoiler:though the "real" Swankie is still alive.]]
* AudienceSurrogate: Fern serves thisrole remarkably. Wherever she goes, she sees beautiful landscapes or patiently listens role, as her travels and lessons about the nomadic lifestyle give the viewer access to the same sights and stories of the people around her, but the story follows only her. It's as experienced through her eyes that we glimpse other people's stories.
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* AudienceSurrogate: Fern serves this
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* HomelessHero: All of the homeless people here are portrayed nobly, with each being primarily preoccupied with their own lives.
* TheNewTens: Taking place in the aftermath of the great recession, with Fern's husband losing his job (and his life) in 2011 places this movie squarely in 2012. A movie theater showing for ''Film/TheAvengers'' confirms this.
* ParentsAsPeople: Due to his job in the mine, David was an absent father for his son. Fern encourages him to try and be present as a grandfather when his son invites him home.
* TheNewTens: Taking place in the aftermath of the great recession, with Fern's husband losing his job (and his life) in 2011 places this movie squarely in 2012. A movie theater showing for ''Film/TheAvengers'' confirms this.
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* HomelessHero: All of LivesInAVan: TheMovie! The film depicts the homeless people here are portrayed nobly, various challenges and rewards of this lifestyle choice with each being primarily preoccupied with their own lives.
great accuracy and attention to detail.
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* ParentsAsPeople: Due to hisjob in the mine, wandering lifestyle, David was an absent father for his son. Fern encourages him to try and be present as a grandfather when his son invites him home.
* TheNewTens: Taking place in the aftermath of the
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* RestAndResupplyStop: At David's recommendation, Fern takes a job at Wall Drug, a well-known RealLife one of these in South Dakota.
* SceneryPorn: The movie's narrative regularly takes a pause to revel in the gorgeous natural beauty of the Western UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates, particularly its national parks like Yellowstone and Badlands.
* SkinnyDipping: Fern takes a prolonged (and uncensored) dip in a river somewhere around Yellowstone.
* WalkingTheEarth: A deconstruction. Fern and David really strainedher their relationships with her reckless abandonment, their living families by refusing to settle down, and she's they've somewhat trapped herself themselves between lifestyles.lifestyles. [[spoiler:David eventually chooses to permanently move back in with his family; Fern keeps wandering, but comes to a clearer understanding with her sister.]]
* SceneryPorn: The movie's narrative regularly takes a pause to revel in the gorgeous natural beauty of the Western UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates, particularly its national parks like Yellowstone and Badlands.
* SkinnyDipping: Fern takes a prolonged (and uncensored) dip in a river somewhere around Yellowstone.
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* ProductionForeshadowing: Fern passes by a theater showing the time-period-appropriate Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse ''Film/TheAvengers'', with prominent posters. During ''Nomadland'''s production, Chloé Zhao was also in the midst of pre-production for her own MCU film, ''Eternals''.[[note]]Ironically, if not for the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, ''Eternals'' [[ReleaseDateChange would have been]] released first.[[/note]]
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* ProductionForeshadowing: Fern passes by a theater showing the time-period-appropriate Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse film ''Film/TheAvengers'', with prominent posters. During ''Nomadland'''s production, Chloé Zhao was also in the midst of pre-production for her own MCU film, ''Eternals''.[[note]]Ironically, if not for the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, ''Eternals'' [[ReleaseDateChange would have been]] released first.[[/note]]
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* ActorAllusion: Director Allusion, in this case. Fran passes by a theater showing ''Film/TheAvengers'' with prominent posters. During ''Nomadland'''s production, Chloé Zhao was also in the midst of pre-production for her own Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse film, ''Eternals''.
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* TheNewTens: Taking place in the aftermath of the great recession, with Fern's husband losing his job (and his life) in 2011 places this movie squarely in 2012. A movie theater showing for ''Film/TheAvengers'' confirms this.
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* FilmOfTheBook: Based on the 2017 non-fiction book ''Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century'' by Jessica Bruder.
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->''"I've met hundreds of people out here and I don't ever say a final goodbye. I just say 'I'll see you down the road.'"''
-->--'''Bob Wells'''
''Nomadland'' is a 2020 drama film directed by [[Film/TheRider Chloé Zhao]] based on the non-fiction book of the same name. It had a festival run where it became the first film to win top prize at both the Venice and the Toronto International Film Festival. It received a simultaneous wide release courtesy of Creator/SearchlightPictures in theaters and on Creator/{{Hulu}} during the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic on February 19, 2021.
Creator/FrancesMcDormand stars as Fern, a [[InsistentTerminology houseless]] widow left jobless after the gypsum plant in Empire, Nebraska shuts down amidst the 2011 recession. Packing all her belongings in a van, Fern attempts to embrace the wandering nomad lifestyle after attending a seminar in the desert organized by a community of fellow nomads.
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!!Tropes present:
* AsHimself: Bob Wells apparently plays himself.
* AudienceSurrogate: Fern serves this role remarkably. Wherever she goes, she sees beautiful landscapes or patiently listens to the stories of the people around her, but the story follows only her. It's through her eyes that we glimpse other people's stories.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the minimalist [[WalkingTheEarth "travel in a van across the country"]] ideology. The people in this movie have been forced into this lifestyle for one reason or another, and Fern is consistently underprepared to live the life of a nomad.
* HomelessHero: All of the homeless people here are portrayed nobly, with each being primarily preoccupied with their own lives.
* ParentsAsPeople: Due to his job in the mine, David was an absent father for his son. Fern encourages him to try and be present as a grandfather when his son invites him home.
* WalkingTheEarth: A deconstruction. Fern really strained her relationships with her reckless abandonment, and she's trapped herself between lifestyles.
->''"I've met hundreds of people out here and I don't ever say a final goodbye. I just say 'I'll see you down the road.'"''
-->--'''Bob Wells'''
''Nomadland'' is a 2020 drama film directed by [[Film/TheRider Chloé Zhao]] based on the non-fiction book of the same name. It had a festival run where it became the first film to win top prize at both the Venice and the Toronto International Film Festival. It received a simultaneous wide release courtesy of Creator/SearchlightPictures in theaters and on Creator/{{Hulu}} during the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic on February 19, 2021.
Creator/FrancesMcDormand stars as Fern, a [[InsistentTerminology houseless]] widow left jobless after the gypsum plant in Empire, Nebraska shuts down amidst the 2011 recession. Packing all her belongings in a van, Fern attempts to embrace the wandering nomad lifestyle after attending a seminar in the desert organized by a community of fellow nomads.
----
!!Tropes present:
* AsHimself: Bob Wells apparently plays himself.
* AudienceSurrogate: Fern serves this role remarkably. Wherever she goes, she sees beautiful landscapes or patiently listens to the stories of the people around her, but the story follows only her. It's through her eyes that we glimpse other people's stories.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the minimalist [[WalkingTheEarth "travel in a van across the country"]] ideology. The people in this movie have been forced into this lifestyle for one reason or another, and Fern is consistently underprepared to live the life of a nomad.
* HomelessHero: All of the homeless people here are portrayed nobly, with each being primarily preoccupied with their own lives.
* ParentsAsPeople: Due to his job in the mine, David was an absent father for his son. Fern encourages him to try and be present as a grandfather when his son invites him home.
* WalkingTheEarth: A deconstruction. Fern really strained her relationships with her reckless abandonment, and she's trapped herself between lifestyles.
