When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her musical passion and her fear of abandoning her deaf parents.When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her musical passion and her fear of abandoning her deaf parents.When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her musical passion and her fear of abandoning her deaf parents.
- Won 3 Oscars
- 69 wins & 150 nominations total
- Audra
- (as Molly Beth Thomas)
Featured reviews
9.3/10.
How wrong I was!
Superfilm: thoughtful, amusing with a brilliant script and direction.
Plus great music which can be heard again on Spotify.
Every single performer gave a 1st class credible performance.
A young woman in a family of deaf people has to choose whether to stay with them or follow her musical dreams.
One devasting moment near the end of the picture where people are at a concert listening to singers when the perspective changes to show how such a concert is heard by the deaf.
Believe it ir not I thought the actor playing the music teacher stole the show!
The movie well deserved the Oscar for best picture that it won:
8/10.
The movie truly is a masterpiece with the acting specially the deaf acting and the way they described how deaf people live their life is very realistic.
CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) The story of Ruby, a child who grow up in a deaf family, they depended on her as she the only one who could speak, and when she found her passion about singing, she has to decide whether she continue helping her family or leave them for college.
It's enjoyable and different I highly recommend this movie.
Oscars Best Picture Winners, Ranked
Oscars Best Picture Winners, Ranked
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaEmilia Jones spent nine months learning American Sign Language, having singing lessons, and learning how to operate a fishing trawler.
- GoofsThe majority of the movie takes place in Massachusetts in autumn, yet the leaves on the trees are green. By October, all of the leaves would have changed colors or dropped entirely. The summer-appropriate costumes and the late evening light also reveal that the movie wasn't filmed in fall.
- Quotes
Ruby Rossi: [signing] Did you ever wish I was deaf?
Jackie Rossi: [signing] When you were born, at the hospital, they gave you a hearing test. And there you were, so tiny and sweet, with those electrodes all over you. And I... prayed that you would be deaf. When they told us that you were hearing, I felt... My heart sank.
Ruby Rossi: [signing] Why?
Jackie Rossi: [signing] I was worried that we wouldn't connect. Like me and my mom, we're not close. I thought I would fail you. That being deaf would make me a bad mom.
Ruby Rossi: [signing] Don't worry. You are a bad mom for so many other reasons.
[They laugh]
- ConnectionsFeatured in CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley: Episode #43.33 (2021)
- SoundtracksSomething's Got a Hold On Me
Written by Etta James, Leroy Kirkland and Pearl Woods
Performed by Etta James
Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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- Release date
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- Official site
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- Also known as
- CODA: Señales del corazón
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Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $1,905,058
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1