CODA (2021 film)

CODA
A family of four (with a couple and their children) sits on the back of a pickup truck near the port. The tagline above it reads "Every family has its own language." The poster shows the film's titles, awards from the Sundance film festival, and a list of cast members.
Official release poster
Directed bySian Heder
Screenplay bySian Heder
Based on
La Famille Bélier
by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPaula Huidobro
Edited byGeraud Brisson
Music byMarius de Vries
Production
companies
Distributed byApple TV+
Release dates
  • January 28, 2021 (2021-01-28) (Sundance)
  • August 13, 2021 (2021-08-13) (United States)
Running time
111 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • United States
Languages
Budget$10 million[1]
Box office$2.2 million[2]

CODA is a 2021 coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Sian Heder. An English-language remake of the 2014 French-Belgian film La Famille Bélier, it stars Emilia Jones as Ruby Rossi, the child of deaf adults (CODA) and only hearing member of her family, who attempts to help her family's struggling fishing business while pursuing her aspirations to become a singer.

The movie uses deaf actors to play the deaf characters, who, along with Jones, communicate using American Sign Language. Eugenio Derbez, Troy Kotsur, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant (in his feature film debut), and Marlee Matlin are featured in supporting roles. An international co-production between the United States and France, with Philippe Rousselet of La Famille Bélier reprising his role as producer, it was filmed on location in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in the United States.

CODA had its world premiere on January 28, 2021, at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, where Apple acquired its distribution rights for a festival-record $25 million. The film was released through the Apple TV+ streaming service on August 13, 2021. It received largely positive reviews from critics, who praised Heder's screenplay and Kotsur's performance, although feedback from deaf viewers was polarized. It was named one of the top 10 films of 2021 by the American Film Institute and has since been cited as among the best films of the 2020s.[3][4]

CODA won numerous awards, including all three nominations at the 94th Academy AwardsBest Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Kotsur, and Best Adapted Screenplay, becoming the seventh Best Picture winner to win every award it was nominated for, after Wings (1927), Grand Hotel (1932), It Happened One Night (1934), Gigi (1958), The Last Emperor (1987), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). It became the first film both distributed by a streaming service and the first film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to win Best Picture.[5] Kotsur also became the first male deaf actor win an Academy Award & BAFTA. The film also won the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture, the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, while the cast won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

  1. ^ "Berlin: International Buyers Up in Arms Over Buy-Back Proposals Post-'Coda' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. March 2021. Archived from the original on November 5, 2021. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "CODA (2021)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
  3. ^ "The 10 Best Movies of the 2020s (So Far) Ranked". Screen Rant. March 20, 2022.
  4. ^ "The 10 Best Drama Movies of the 2020s So Far, Ranked". Collider. August 24, 2023.
  5. ^ "'CODA' Wins Best Picture in a Streaming First at the Oscars". International Business Times. March 27, 2022. Archived from the original on July 17, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2022.

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