TMDb Rating
6.1/10
23 verified votes
Lingua Franca (2020)
Drama
95 min
Plot Summary
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.
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DramaIsabel SandovalIsabel SandovalLynn Cohen2020
Director
Isabel Sandoval
Top Cast
Isabel SandovalLynn CohenEamon FarrenIvory AquinoLev Gorn
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