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Aug 26, 2020 · But “Lingua Franca” isn’t a screed. Far from it. Sandoval pulls us in gently with long, single takes which are often static, immersing us in the quiet rhythms of the lived-in environment she’s created within the Russian-Jewish neighborhood of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. There, Sandoval’s Olivia works as a live-in caregiver to Olga (a ...
Aug 25, 2020 · The mood is meditative, the camera patient; yet the film is too dramatically shy and narratively slight to stir. “You’re safe now,” Alex promises Olivia at one point. Yet, strangely, he’s ...
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Aug 26, 2020 · 'Lingua Franca' is a tender, lyrical transgender love story that doubles as a perfect example of movies as machines of empathy. Our review. 'Lingua Franca': A Transgender Love Story, Told Tenderly ...
As a film that documents the plight of an undocumented Filipina transwoman living in the United States, Isabel Sandoval’s “Lingua Franca” embodies the fresh face of cinema in 2020. As the first year of a new decade circles around the corner, Sandoval stands with her arms out, ready to greet the oncoming culture shift with […]
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Sep 11, 2020 · When Olga’s deadbeat grandson Alex ( Eamon Farren) moves into the apartment where the two women live, Olivia sees lust grow into affection despite the young man’s constant display of bright red flags. Source: Array. Lingua Franca is almost voyeuristic. With Sandoval spreading herself between acting, directing, writing, editing, and ...
Lingua Franca is almost voyeuristic. With Sandoval spreading herself between acting, directing, writing, editing, and producing, the film is inherently intimate. Full Review | Sep 12, 2020
Aug 28, 2020 · A ctor-director Isabel Sandoval’s Lingua Franca provides a quietly subversive reframing of a trans woman’s experience. The film follows Olivia (Sandoval), an undocumented Filipina immigrant working in Brooklyn who is desperately trying to attain a green card while caring for an elderly Jewish-Russian woman, Olga (Lynn Cohen).
