Film
Lingua Franca
2020 · 1h 34m · Drama
- IMDb
- 6.6
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 86%
- Metacritic
- 61
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Overview
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.
Where to watch
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Cast
Isabel Sandoval
Olivia
Lynn Cohen
Olga
Eamon Farren
Alex
Ivory Aquino
Trixie
Lev Gorn
Murray
P.J. Boudousqué
Andrei
Andrea Leigh
Daria
Leif Steinert
Matthew
Jake Soister
Daniel
Roman Blat
Viktor
Megan Channell
Milla
Shiloh Verrico
Maggie
Mark Nelson
Roman
Daniel Danielson
Clerk
Bryan Webster
Wedding Officiant
Dean Temple
Chad
Crew
- Isabel SandovalDirector · Editor · Producer · Writer
- Jhett TolentinoProducer
- Carlo VelayoProducer
- Darlene MalimasProducer
- Jerome KerkmanProducer
- Romulo Aromin Jr.Executive Producer
- Nicole CosgroveExecutive Producer
- Gigi DementExecutive Producer
- R.S. FranciscoExecutive Producer
- Sarah Brennan KolbExecutive Producer
Media
Details
- Release date
- July 1, 2020
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Drama
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