The movie can’t be clear on everything, why does she have a van fully set up, a la van website, complete with ladder rack for stealth, did her and her partner use this van for camping? In my mind she refused offers of housing because she wanted her independence, didn’t want to live with her sister in her home town filled likely with bad memories, or the would be boyfriends son’s place with a custom made perfect family that has no history with her. Both those were obvious in my mind that they were cookie cutter environments that would not suit her. By the way I never thought she was unattractive or scruffy looking with or without her boyfriends coat or messy hair. I kinda find that just f...ed look sexy. I see Nomadland 2 with Fran heading up the Alaska highway on sunny summer days, taking up painting landscapes along the way, breaking down outside of Fort St John realizing the similarities of Empire gets fixed up and leaves in a hurry, illegally wintering down in Atlin BC in a house sit from someone she meets at the local music festival, where she plays her flute and gets inspired back into her music. There she paints all winter jams with the locals gets by from her paintings sold at the town gift shop. Falls in love with a married women.shaves her hair right off.
