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Lingua Franca (2020) [NR]

Featuring:
Eamon Farren, Lynn Cohen, Lev Gorn

Written by:
Isabel Sandoval

Directed by:
Isabel Sandoval


Release Date:
July 1, 2020

Original Title:
Lingua Franca

Alternate Titles:
Brooklyn Secret

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
7107 Entertainment

Production Countries:
Philippines | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 95

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Overview from Open Movies

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.

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Rankings and Honors

Lingua Franca (2020) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes 87%
Metacritic 61/100
Awards Won: 13 wins & 25 nominations

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Production

Art Direction:
Sadie Marchese-Moore

Boom Operator:
Barbaros Ali Kaynak

Casting:
Bess Fifer

Co-Producer:
Cecilia Mejia

Costume Design:
Kate Fry
Clint Ramos

Director:
Isabel Sandoval

Director of Photography:
Isaac Banks

Editor:
Isabel Sandoval

Executive Producer:
Samuel S. Verzosa
Gigi Dement
Vincent R. Nebrida
E.A. Rocha
Fernando Ortigas
Romulo Aromin Jr.
R.S. Francisco
Sarah Brennan Kolb
Nicole Cosgrove

Fight Choreographer:
Earl Weathers

First Assistant Director:
Dax Stringer

Gaffer:
Tyler Harmon-Townsend

Hair Department Head:
Lauren Citera

Makeup Department Head:
Lauren Citera

Original Music Composer:
Teresa Barrozo

Producer:
Carlo Velayo
Jhett Tolentino
Isabel Sandoval
Darlene Malimas
Jerome Kerkman

Production Design:
Clint Ramos
Maxwell Nalevansky

Script Supervisor:
Devin Smith

Second Assistant Director:
Brittney Elyse Vila

Set Decoration:
Sadie Marchese-Moore

Set Dresser:
Chazz Foggie

Sound Designer:
Albert Michael Idioma

Sound Mixer:
Barbaros Ali Kaynak

Steadicam Operator:
Eric J. Goldstein

Stunt Coordinator:
Luciano Acuna Jr.

Writer:
Isabel Sandoval

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