Four Films Worth Seeing
CODA
Ruby is the only hearing member in her fisherman’s family. She longs to individuate from her parents and pursue her dream to sing, but she feels weighed down by her responsibilities to them. One day, after a choir performance, Ruby’s dad is quiet and reflective. He wants to feel her joy, and to understand why music is so precious to her. So he asks her to sing to him in their backyard later that. evening. As Ruby expresses herself and is “heard”, she feels new power in her life, and so does her family.
C’mon. C’mon
Johnny is a lonely videographer immersed in a project interviewing kids about their thoughts about the future. His work is interrupted, though, when his sister Viv asks him to watch her son, Jesse. Johnny agrees and becomes a caregiver to his nephew. From caring for Jesse, he learns to understand better his own pain and what brings meaning to one’s life.
Encanto
This film is about the Madrigal family — three generations living together. Each member of the family is gifted a power by their magical house except 15-year-old Mirabel, who was never gifted any power. But then the family’s power begins to weaken, and Mirabel goes on a mission to find out why. In the search to help her family, she develops her own gifts. She learns how to listen, to empathize (共情), and to work hard.
King Richard
The movie is about father Richard Williams, and his great drive to make his daughters, Serena and Venus Williams, become tennis superstars. He shows them that they can do or be anything with hard work and belief. Oracene, the Williams girls’ mother, is also determined to offer her support and efforts, even when Richard gets caught up in his focus for them.
【小题1】According to C’mon. C’mon, what does Johnny learn from caring for Jesse?| A．How to become a caregiver. | B．What project to be devoted to. |
| C．What brings meaning to his life. | D．How to recover from his pain. |
| A．CODA | B．C’mon, C’mon | C．Encanto | D．King Richard |
| A．Entertainment | B．Education | C．Lifestyle | D．Science |
