The Oscar goes to Nomadland, the film about outsiders

The word outsider is the key to Nomadland

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: best film, best director (the second ever to a woman from the history of the award, the first to an Asian) and best leading actress, Frances McDormand who is also co-producer.

"I feel like an outsider wherever I go and I believe that this made me naturally identify with the characters. If I lived in the UK or China, I would be attracted to those on the fringes of those societies, Zhao said several times that after the Lion d gold in Venice had also won the Golden Globes and the People's Choice in Toronto.

The film is expected in Italy: from 30 April it will be on Star within Disney + available to all subscribers of the platform at no additional cost and will be available from these days in the cinemas of our country which reopen today.

Born in Beijing in 1982 and singer of the marginalized protagonists of her other two feature films, Songs My Brothers Taught Me and The Rider - The dream of a cowboy, with NOMADLAND she adapted the homonymous book by journalist Jessica Bruder which tells the story of a 'nomadic' woman crossing the United States in her van, played by Frances McDormand.

A widow who has begun to migrate like many others in the States, from one side of the country to the other through the most varied means of transport, between a precarious job and another: in short, the 'new poor', generally elderly and without hope. "I think that the issue of caring for the elderly is a real problem in the States as in all capitalist societies. For women, it is even worse. There is sexism in the workplace and then they are paid less than men and consequently their social security is very low. And so - he declared - if you only have 500 dollars a month to live, you certainly don't have many alternatives, but it must be said that retired housewives are much stronger than they can be. imagine and capable of great adaptation.You see them around the fire with all their will to live. ”Zhao also directs the highly anticipated Marvel Movie 'The Eternals'.