Lingua Franca
Philippines • English • 2019 • 1h 35m
Director
Synopsis
Olivia, 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.
Synopsis
Olivia, 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.
Credits
Crew
DirectorIsabel Sandoval
WriterIsabel Sandoval
CinematographerIsaac Banks
ComposerTeresa Barrozo
EditorIsabel Sandoval
Cast
Isabel Sandovalas Olivia
Lynn Cohenas Olga