The Oscar winner plays a woman who adopts a nomadic lifestyle through the American West after losing everything during the recession Frances McDormand is delving into a new, rarely seen lifestyle ...

There's more to work than life.

Fern lives life as a modern-day nomad traveling the American Midwest ... Frances McDormand's internal performance as Fern, but this movie belongs to Zhao. It's a showcase for her talents as ...

packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The film features real nomads Linda May, Swankie, and Bob Wells as Fern’s mentors ...

"If this means more people like me get to live their dreams, then I feel very grateful," Chloé Zhao said of her history-making win Benjamin VanHoose is a Staff Editor on the Movies team at PEOPLE.