about schmidt (2002)

after an entire career spent inside a large insurance company, warren schmidt is forced to retire, an event that in practice empties his life. his only daughter jeannie is going to marry a man that warren despises and considers a fool. finally his wife dies suddenly, after 42 years of marriage. warren throws himself so desperately in search of something that can still make sense of his ordinary and banal life. he decides to embark on a journey through nebraska to discover himself and his roots, aboard the camper van he had bought for his planned trips with his wife.