'Nomadland' wins top prize at Venice film festival

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Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland,” a recession-era road trip drama starring Frances McDormand, wins the Golden Lion for best film at a slimmed-down Venice Film Festival

The 77th edition of the "Mostra" festival, presided over by Australian actress Cate Blanchett as jury president, took place in a year when theatres have been closed, film sets shut down and moviegoers forced to embrace streaming video at home instead, during months of coronavirus-imposed lockdown.Zhao, 38, is one of Hollywood’s hottest new talents, with Variety magazine having hailed her last film, "The Rider", about a rodeo grunt, as a "mini-masterpiece.

The Hollywood Reporter called the film "a unique portrait of outsider existence" while Variety said it was "a marvel of empathy and introspection". Festival director Alberto Barbera called the event "a sort of test" for the film industry, which is slowly regaining its footing, with some production resuming and cinemas reopening, even as Covid-19 cases continue to rise in many parts of the world.

Nevertheless, big-budget blockbusters that have premiered in Venice in years past were missing, as was the bevy of Hollywood A-listers, who have fans screaming for autographs on the sidelines of the red carpet.

 

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