Venice Film Festival 2020: Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland” wins coveted ‘Golden Lion’ award
Adapted from Jessica Bruder’s non-fiction book “Nomadland — Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century,” the movie is a recession-era road trip drama.
Chloé Zhao’s film Nomadland has won the coveted Golden Lion award at the recently concluded Venice Film Festival, the first such event held with live audiences since the COVID-19 outbreak.
The movie starring Frances McDormand, has received positive critical reception worldwide.
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Adapted from Jessica Bruder’s non-fiction book “Nomadland — Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century,” the movie is a recession-era road trip drama.
Zhao, a China-born director living in the US, and two-time Oscar-winning actress Francis McDormand, the film’s star, accepted the award virtually at a slimmed-down film festival.