Where to watch Lingua Franca in the United States?

Lingua Franca is available with a subscription or free with a participating library card in the United States. Watch the movie with a subscription on The Criterion Channel (HD). Watch the movie free with a participating library card on Kanopy (HD).

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Watch the movie with a subscription on The Criterion Channel (HD).

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Watch the movie free with a participating library card on Kanopy (HD).

Movie

Where to Watch Lingua Franca (2019) in the US

2019
Unrated
1h 29m
6.6IMDb
86%Rotten Tomatoes
61Metascore

Drama

Lingua Franca is available with a subscription or free with a participating library card in the United States.

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Watch the movie with a subscription on The Criterion Channel (HD).
Watch the movie free with a participating library card on Kanopy (HD).

What it's about

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.

Cast and crew

Director: Isabel Sandoval
Writer: Isabel Sandoval
Starring: Eamon Farren, Lynn Cohen, Lev Gorn

Details

Release date: Aug 26, 2020
Language: English, Tagalog, Russian
Country: United States, Philippines
Awards: 13 wins & 25 nominations