‘Coda’ is a great remake of a popular French film, ‘La Famille Bélier’.
Coda, the coming-of-age drama that won multiple awards at Sundance, is available to stream on Apple AAPL TV+ since August 13. The film was sold to Apple Studios for a record-breaking $25 million. It is often the case that remakes disappoint, never quite comparing to the original. It is not the case here. Coda is just as touching and witty as the original French film it is based on, and is even slightly better. Coda, which stands for child of deaf adults, follows seventeen-year-old Ruby (Emilia Jones), the sole hearing member of a deaf family, the Rossis. Ruby is used to acting as an interpreter for her parents, Frank (Troy Kotsur) and Jackie (Marlee Matlin), and works on the family’s fishing boat with her father and older brother Leo (Daniel Durant) in the mornings before school. After joining the choir club, Ruby discovers she has a gift for singing and is encouraged by her music teacher Bernardo Villalobos (Eugenio Derbez) to apply to a prestigious music school. Ruby finds herself torn between the obligations she feels to her family in helping out in their fishing business and pursuing her own dreams.
