Siân Heder’s coming-of-age drama CODA, which was the first feature in Sundance history to win all the top prizes, has made audiences cry, but it’s also made them laugh.The film tells the story of a high school senior who is the only hearing person in her deaf family and is torn between holding together that unit or seeking her own dreams.It stars Emilia Jones as Ruby Rossi, a CODA, or child of deaf adults, who is busy translating for her parents (Oscar winner Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur) and working on the family’s fishing boat.Heder told Contenders London event that that she’s pleased that audiences found the film funny – case in point a scene where Kotsur’s Frank Rossi and Matlin’s Jackie Rossi have to go to the doctors for ‘jock itch’
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