The trailer forCODAhas arrived — and it’s a tearjerker.
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“You can really sing. That’s special,” her brother Leo (Durant, 31) tells her, in sign language. “We’re not helpless.”
CODAfirst premiered at the 2021Sundance Film Festivalearlier this year, where it nabbed four awards including the U.S. Grand Jury Prize — Dramatic.
DirectorSian Hedertells PEOPLE of the film, “At the end of a very hard year for many of us, it feels like the right time for a joyful story about family, how it forms our identity and what it means to leave it behind. With tremendous performances from this incredible cast, I hope that audiences fall in love with the Rossi family the way that I did.”
“CODAis a beautiful and relatable family story, entertaining and real,” adds Matlin, who previously became the youngest Best Actress Oscar winner (and the only deaf performer to have won an Oscar) for her performance in 1986’sChildren of a Lesser God. “With deaf and hearing characters and sign language front and center, it’s accessible toallaudiences.”
“My favorite part about working on this film is the story,” says Derbez. “It’s so touching, inspiring and all about overcoming your obstacles — everything I love to see on the big screen. This is a very unique piece — an incredibly special movie with an amazing script and cast, and it’s really a joy to be a part of this project.”
Jones tells PEOPLEthe film “has so much heart,“and that “the unique experience of making it will stay with me forever.”
“I fell in love with a beautiful language and a wonderful community of people who have enriched my life in so many ways,” she adds. “I can’t wait for everyone to be able to share the joy of this special film.”
source: people.com
