Lingua Franca
by Isabel Sandoval
with Isabel Sandoval, Eamon Farren, Lynn Cohen, Lev Gorn
(Usa, Philippines, 90′, 2019)
In this beguiling drama, an undocumented Filipina immigrant paranoid about deportation works as a caregiver to a Russian-Jewish grandmother in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. When the American 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 transgender. When Alex’s machismo is threatened upon discovering her transgender status, he finds himself weaponizing her immigration anxieties to emotionally brutalize Olivia.
Presented in sezione Giornate degli Autori
Aug 28 | 14:00 Sala Perla (Lido) | Press, Industry
Sep 06 | 17:00 Sala Perla (Lido) | Free Coupons, All Accreditations
Sep 07 | 21:30 Cinema Rossini (Venezia) | Tickets
Sep 07 | 21:30 IMG Cinemas Candiani (Mestre) | Tickets
Production: 7107 Entertainment (Usa)
Supported by:
New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment
New York Foundation for the Arts
Tribeca Film Institute
Frameline
US in Progress Paris
SFFILM
IFP (Usa)
in association with
Front Row Entertainment (Usa)
TBA Studios (Philippines)
