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Lingua Franca is a 2019 Philippine-American drama film edited, written, produced, and directed by Filipina filmmaker-actress Isabel Sandoval. It is Sandoval's third feature film, her first international co-production, her first primarily in English, and her first following her gender affirmation.
- 7107 Entertainment
- Isabel Sandoval
- 2019
Aug 26, 2020 · Lingua Franca: Directed by Isabel Sandoval. With Eamon Farren, Lynn Cohen, Lev Gorn, Shiloh Verrico. An undocumented Filipina transwoman falls in love in Brooklyn.
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- Drama
- Isabel Sandoval
- 2020-08-26
Aug 26, 2020 · A transgender Filipina caregiver and a grandson from a different generation fall in love in this film about the challenges of being an immigrant in Trump's America. The film is a quiet and intimate exploration of their relationship, set in a Brooklyn neighborhood with a eerie and isolating atmosphere.
Aug 26, 2020 · By David Fear. August 26, 2020. Isabel Sandoval in 'Lingua Franca.' ARRAY. Olivia (writer-director Isabel Sandoval) takes care of an elderly Russian patient in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach...
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Starring Isabel Sandoval, Lynn Cohen, Eamon Farren. This poignant human drama from acclaimed writer-director-star Isabel Sandoval follows Olivia (Sandoval), an undocumented Filipina trans woman, after she has secured a job as a live-in caregiver for Olga (Lynn Cohen), an elderly Russian woman in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach neighborhood.
Currently you are able to watch "Lingua Franca" streaming on Criterion Channel. Synopsis. Olivia, an undocumented Filipina immigrant paranoid about deportation works as a caregiver to a Russian-Jewish grandmother in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, NY.
- 95 min