"Coda", the remake of "The Bélier Family", triumphs at the SAG Awards

The remake of the successful French film by Eric Lartigau, released in 2014,

triumphs across the Atlantic!

Independent film

, which follows Ruby, a high school student who juggles her musical ambitions with her deaf family's reliance on her to communicate with the hearing world, won top prize at the SAG Awards on Sunday, honors given by the union American actors who usually weigh heavily in the race for the Oscars.

The title

is an acronym for "Child of deaf adult", which literally means "hearing child of deaf parents".

“We deaf actors have come a long way,” said, in sign language, Marlee Matlin, known for being the first deaf actress to win an Oscar in 1987, who plays Ruby’s mother, visibly amazed then. that she received, alongside the other actors in the film, the statuette in the best distribution flagship category.

“We deaf actors can work like anyone else”

"It confirms the fact that we deaf actors can work like anyone else," she added, before teaching the audience the sign for "I love you."

Kotsur, who plays Ruby's father, thanked the directors for "believing in us deaf actors and casting us in an authentic way."

Coda,

released by Apple TV+ after outbidding at the Sundance independent film festival last year, where it earned a record $25 million, also scooped the Best Supporting Actor award for Troy Kotsur.

Will Smith won Best Actor for

, which chronicles Serena and Venus Williams' incredible rise from the tough streets of Compton to the sport's most prestigious tennis courts.

The Best Actress award went to Jessica Chastain for her role in

, where she plays the eccentric American televangelist of the same name.

The two feature films given as Oscar favorites,

and

, left the SAG gala empty-handed, reshuffling the cards in preparation for the Oscars race on March 27.

The SAG Awards are given by actors and as such are considered a very good indicator in view of the Oscars, because actors constitute the most numerous college (approximately 10,000) within the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which awards these awards.

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