Luxbox secures French rights to Isabel Sandoval’s ‘Lingua Franca’, unveils first trailer (exclusive)
The film is playing in both Giornate degli Autori at Venice and iin competition at the Lff.
Paris-based distributor Jhr Films has acquired French rights to New York-based Philippine filmmaker Isabel Sandoval’s transgender, star-crossed lovers tale Lingua Franca ahead of its premiere in Venice’s independent strand Giornate degli Autori (formerly known as Venice Days).
The drama revolves around a Brooklyn-based, Philippine caregiver, desperate to acquire a green card so she can remain in the Us, who becomes involved with a slaughterhouse worker who is unaware she is transgender.
In addition to its Venice slot, the film was also...
Paris-based distributor Jhr Films has acquired French rights to New York-based Philippine filmmaker Isabel Sandoval’s transgender, star-crossed lovers tale Lingua Franca ahead of its premiere in Venice’s independent strand Giornate degli Autori (formerly known as Venice Days).
The drama revolves around a Brooklyn-based, Philippine caregiver, desperate to acquire a green card so she can remain in the Us, who becomes involved with a slaughterhouse worker who is unaware she is transgender.
In addition to its Venice slot, the film was also...
- 8/29/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
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