Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (2019)

Directed by

Werner Herzog

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Werner Herzog makes a documentary about his friend Bruce Chatwin, a travel writer who died young. It mixes interviews with people who knew Chatwin and scenes from Herzog's own travels with him. The film looks at Chatwin's life and ideas about wandering the world.

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What happens

Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin is a 2019 British documentary film by German director Werner Herzog. It chronicles the life of British travel writer Bruce Chatwin and includes interviews with Chatwin's widow, Elizabeth Chatwin, and biographer Nicholas Shakespeare, as well as detailing Herzog's own friendship and collaboration with the man. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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