Lingua Franca (film)
2019 film directed by Isabel Sandoval
Film · TMDB
6.1Olivia, an undocumented Filipina immigrant paranoid about deportation, works as a caregiver to a Russian-Jewish grandmother in New York. When the man she’s secretly paying for a green card marriage backs out, she becomes involved with a slaughterhouse worker who is unaware that she’s a trans woman.
Released: 2020-07-0195 minDir: Isabel SandovalDrama
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Cast
- Isabel Sandoval as Olivia
- Lynn Cohen as Olga
- Eamon Farren as Alex
- Ivory Aquino as Trixie
- Lev Gorn as Murray
- P.J. Boudousqué as Andrei
Themes
- brooklyn, new york city
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2019 American films2019 drama films2019 films2019 independent films2019 LGBTQ-related filmsAsian-American drama filmsAsian-American LGBTQ-related filmsBrighton BeachCebuano languageEnglish-language drama filmsFilms about Filipino AmericansFilms about Filipino womenFilms about immigration to the United States