The Cast
She plays the main role of Ruby Rossi and is actually a fully hearing British actress in real life.
Who is Emilia Jones?
This is the specific language that the actors use to communicate with each other in the movie.
What is ASL (American Sign Language)?
The name CODA stands for this phrase, which describes a hearing child raised by deaf parents.
What is Child of Deaf Adults?
Because her parents cannot hear, Ruby often has to act as this for them in meetings and at the docks.
What is an interpreter (tolk)
This is the name of the prestigious music college in Boston that Ruby dreams of attending.
What is Berklee College of Music?
Who plays Ruby’s mother Jackie
Who is Marlee Matlin?
Emilia Jones ( Ruby ) spent this many months learning sign language and taking singing lessons before filming started.
What is nine months?
This is the name of the main character, a 17-year-old girl who is the only hearing member of her family.
Who is Ruby Rossi?
During his emotional Oscar acceptance speech, Troy Kotsur dedicated his award to this community.
What is the deaf community?
Ruby joins this high school club to get closer to her crush, Miles, which is how she discovers her singing talent.
What is the choir (kor)
He plays Leo, Ruby’s older brother, who also works on the family's fishing boat.
Who is Daniel Durant?
CODA is not a completely original story; it is an American remake of a movie from this European country.
What is France?
Ruby's family makes a living by running a business in this traditional, hardworking industry.
What is fishing?
One of the main themes of the movie is the struggle between family duty and personal this.
What is freedom / ambition / dreams?
During Ruby's big audition, she does this with her hands so her family in the audience can finally understand the emotional lyrics.
What is use sign language (tegnsprog)?
Who is Marlee Martin ( Ruby's mother )
This is the name of the female director who adapted the script and directed CODA.
Who is Siân Heder?
Ruby discovers that she has a great passion and talent for this specific art form, which creates a conflict with her family.
What is singing?
In a funny scene, Ruby has to interpret a very embarrassing medical conversation for her parents at this place.
What is the doctor's office?
When Ruby first signs up for the school choir, her excentric teacher Mr. V challenges her by categorizing her voice as this high female singing voice.
What is a soprano?
Marlee Matlin threatened to leave the movie unless the directors did this regarding the casting of the parents.
What is hire real deaf actors?
The original French film was called "The Bélier Family", where the family ran this type of business instead of fishing.
What is a farm
The movie is set in a realistic and gritty coastal town located in this US state.
What is Massachusetts?
For her big audition, Ruby sings "Both Sides, Now", a famous 1960s track by this legendary Canadian singer-songwriter.
Who is Joni Mitchell?
During the school concert, the movie's audio suddenly goes completely silent to let the audience experience the performance from this group's perspective.
What is Ruby's family (or deaf people)?