I'll just say up front that movies advertised as "heartwarming" usually aren't for me. Meanwhile, new regulations on fishing imperil the family's survival, pushing Ruby toward a choice between supporting her loved ones and following her dream. The school's choral director (Eugenio Derbez) tells Ruby she has a rare talent and urges her to try out for the Berklee College of Music. But she harbors a secret passion - to sing. Now in her senior year of high school, Ruby knows she's expected to stay close to home and continue to be her family's liaison to the hearing world.
As the only hearing person in her family, which makes a precarious living fishing the coastal waters of Gloucester, Mass., she has grown up interpreting for her parents (Troy Kotsur and Marlee Matlin) and her older brother (Daniel Durant). Besides streaming on Apple TV+, it screens at Merrill's Roxy Cinemas in Burlington through April 7 (after that, check showtimes).Įmilia JonesRuby Rossi (Emilia Jones) is a CODA - child of deaf adults. That Oscar night honor (and two others) went to CODA, from the relative newcomer Apple TV+.Īdapted from a 2014 French-Belgian film and directed by Sian Heder ( Tallulah), CODA was a crowd favorite at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.
To the surprise of many, Netflix is not the first streaming service to have produced a Best Picture winner. TREADING WATER Jones plays a hearing child of deaf adults looking for her life's path in Heder's lightweight but appealing Best Picture winner.
0 kommentar(er)
