Lingua Franca (2019)

Directors

Isabel Sandoval

Cast

Isabel Sandoval, Lynn Cohen, Eamon Farren, Lev Gorn

The story

Olivia is a Filipina trans woman who works as a live-in caregiver for the elderly Olga in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach neighborhood. Olga, a Russian-Jewish woman, is in the early stages of dementia and relies on Olivia to confirm her surroundings, which she initially suspects is not her own home. As an undocumented immigrant, Olivia harbors fears of being detained and deported by ICE agents at any moment.

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