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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.
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.
Aug 26, 2020 · Lingua Franca is a love story between an undocumented, transgender, Filipina caregiver and a Russian-Jewish slaughterhouse worker in Brooklyn, New York.
In Lingua Franca, Isabel Sandoval deftly designed a relevant, beautiful, authentic, straightforward-yet-profound, empathetic, and necessary film about an undocumented trans Filipino caregiver navigating paranoia and would-be suitors to obtain a green card.
Oct 16, 2020 · In this beguiling drama, an undocumented Filipina immigrant paranoid about deportation works as a caregiver to a Russian-Jewish grandmother in Brighton Beach...
Nov 19, 2020 · After reaping awards and critical acclaim from the international audience, the indie drama film Lingua Franca comes home through TBA Studios’ VOD (video-on-demand) platform, Cinema ’76 @ Home. The film follows Olivia, a trans Filipina who works as a caregiver for a woman with dementia in New York during Trump’s term.
Lingua Franca brings warmth and humanity to its social issue-driven plot with sensitive performances and writer-director Isabel Sandoval's gently empathetic touch. Read Critics...
