
Lingua Franca
Directed by Isabel Sandoval
Produced by 7107 Entertainment, Frontrow Entertainment
An intimate, melancholic portrait of an undocumented trans woman navigating precarity, identity, and unexpected connection in New York City.
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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Questions people ask
Is Lingua Franca sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Is Lingua Franca violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.
Does Lingua Franca end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 63% of films.
Is Lingua Franca scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.
Is Lingua Franca easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
You have seen this shape before.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like Lingua Franca
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Lingua Franca
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Lingua Franca, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Lingua Franca, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Lingua Franca, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.



























































