Siân Heder’s CODA takes home the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. It beats out contenders The Lost Daughter, Drive My Car, Dune and The Power of the Dog. The award was presented by Tracey Ellis Ross and Shawn Mendes.
CODA stands for Child of Deaf Adults, and that child is the protagonist of the film. Ruby (Emilia Jones) is the only one in her family who isn’t deaf, and because of that, she becomes her family’s means of communication with the rest of the community. At the same time, she is othered in school by association, due to her family’s difference. All her life, Ruby believed her path was laid out for her: her family is her life and work on the fishing boat was all she could envision for her future. But choir changes everything.
CODA, written and directed by Siân Heder, also won the Best Adapted Screenplay honor at the Writers Guild of America awards. The film is based on the 2014 French film “La Famille Bélier”. The film is also up for Best Picture, and is the underdog favourite to win against Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog. We’ll see which film triumphs by the end of the night.
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