Lingua Franca

Year: 2019

Actors: Eamon Farren, Christine Spang, Ivory Aquino, Lev Gorn

Duration: 89 min

Olivia (Isabel Sandoval), an undocumented Filipino transwoman, works as a caregiver to Olga (Lynn Cohen), an elderly Russian woman, in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. When Olivia runs out of options to attain legal status in the US, she becomes romantically involved with Alex (Eamon Farren), Olga's adult grandson, in the pursuit of a marriage-based green card.—Isabel Sandoval

Genre: Action   Drama