Nomadland wins top prize at masked and distanced Venice film festival
VENICE (Reuters) - Nomadland, a U.S. movie about a community of van dwellers traversing the vast American West, won the Golden Lion award for best film at the Venice film festival on Saturday.
The film, by U.S.-based Chinese director Chloe Zhao, stars Frances McDormand as a widow in her 60s in a depressed Nevada mining town who turns her van into a mobile home and sets out on the road, taking on seasonal jobs along the way.
“Thank you so much for letting us come to your festival in this weird, weird, weird world and way,” McDormand said in a video message with Zhao.
The jury led by Australian actress Cate Blanchett gave two runner-up Silver Lion awards, one to Mexican director Michel Franco’s thriller “New Order” and the other to Japanese historic drama “Wife of a Spy”, by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
"This is why I fell in love with making movies and telling stories. Because it gives us a chance to laugh and cry together. And it gives us a chance to learn from each other and to have more compassion for each other." Chloé Zhao (New York University Tisch School of the Arts) spoke about compassion in her acceptance speech for Best Director at the Golden Globes last night.
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