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The Bélier Family
Why this pick
Like CODA, it warmly follows a hearing daughter in a deaf family as music opens a path toward independence, balancing affectionate family comedy with a tender coming-of-age pull.
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MOVIE2021 1h 52m USA
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Hearts Beat Loud
Why this pick
CODA’s gentle, music-led emotional rhythm carries through this intimate story of a parent and daughter whose shared songwriting makes an impending separation feel hopeful rather than maudlin.
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Sing Street
Why this pick
Its handmade musical energy, lovable working-class family tensions, and earnest teenage self-discovery echo CODA’s belief that performing can give someone the courage to choose their own future.
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Flora and Son
Why this pick
This buoyant, imperfect-family music story shares CODA’s accessible warmth and faith in creative expression, finding emotional connection through songs without losing its scruffy comic edge.
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Sound of Metal
Why this pick
A more intense companion to CODA’s engagement with Deaf culture and music, it is empathetic, character-first filmmaking about identity and listening, with an immersive, humane perspective.
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01 / THE STORY
Every family has its own language.
As a CODA – Child of Deaf Adults – Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family’s fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Emilia Jones
Ruby Rossi
Marlee Matlin
Jackie Rossi
Troy Kotsur
Frank Rossi
Daniel Durant
Leo Rossi
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo
Miles
Amy Forsyth
Gertie
Eugenio Derbez
Bernardo Villalobos
John Fiore
Tony Salgado