Philippines Synopsis
Olivia, an undocumented Filipina immigrant paranoid about deportation works as a caregiver to a Russian-Jewish grandmother in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, NY. 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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Lingua Franca. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2019–2021 Philippines Window
Lingua Franca holds position #7 of 15 Philippines films in the 2019–2021 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 3 other Philippines films in 2020.
The 127th Philippines title from Philippines we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1964).
Our Philippines catalog contains 146 titles in total (134 films).
Audience Engagement
15 audience reviews — more than 48% of Philippines films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 58th percentile among Philippines films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Lingua Franca, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- brooklyn · 2
- caregiver · 2
- trans woman · 1
- new york city · 23
- woman director · 246
- lgbt · 73
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #72 of 146 Philippines films indexed here (51st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Philippines Drama productions specifically: #51 of 82 (top 62%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Philippines |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Philippines, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Russian, Tagalog |
| Production Companies | 7107 Entertainment, ARRAY Filmworks, TBA Studios |
| Runtime | 1h 35m |
| Release Date | July 1, 2020 |
| IMDb | tt8943224 |
| Official Site | www.linguafrancafilm.com |