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Lingua Franca

(Isabel Sandoval, 2019)

A woman with long dark hair falling beneath her shoulders sits in a room. Behind her is a magazine rack, a chair with a flower pattern, and a drooping flower.
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Sep 09, 2021 7:00 PM
Film/Video Theater

ADMISSION
$9 general public
$7 members
$5 students

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Don't miss the sensual and plaintive Lingua Franca, which marks the emergence of an exciting new cinematic force in writer/director/actress Isabel Sandoval.

Lingua Franca follows an undocumented Filipina trans woman, Olivia (played by Sandoval), after she has secured a job as a live-in caregiver for Olga (Lynn Cohen), an elderly Russian woman in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach neighborhood. Olivia’s main priority is to secure a green card to stay in America, but when she unexpectedly becomes romantically involved with Olga’s adult grandson Alex (Eamon Farren), issues around identity, civil rights, and immigration threaten her very existence. In English, Cebuano, Tagalog, and Russian with English subtitles. (89 mins., DCP)

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"A moody, nuanced, often erotic film about finding sexual liberty, identity, and a sense of personal dignity while living in grips of fear in Trump’s America."
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A woman with long dark hair falling beneath her shoulders sits in a room. Behind her is a magazine rack, a chair with a flower pattern, and a drooping flower.

Lingua Franca | Image courtesy of ARRAY

A woman with long dark hair stands close to and makes eye contact with a man with a moustache.

Lingua Franca | Image courtesy of ARRAY

A woman with long dark hair that falls to just beneath shoulder and is swooped to her right. She has a hand holding the back of her head and she stares into the distance.

Lingua Franca | Image courtesy of ARRAY  

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Cardinal Health
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ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Rohauer Collection Foundation

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
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Past Film/Video

Lingua Franca

Sep 09, 2021 7:00 PM EST
Film/Video Theater

ADMISSION
$9 general public
$7 members
$5 students

Click here to view our latest COVID-19 safety protocols.

We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation such as captioning or ASL interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Accessibility Manager Helyn Marshall at accessibility@wexarts.org or via telephone at (614) 688–3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

Become a Member