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Lingua Franca brings warmth and humanity to its social issue-driven plot with sensitive performances and writer-director Isabel Sandoval's gently empathetic touch.
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The expression here is one of shared humanity regardless of background, gender identity, race or creed. The common language being used here is cinema. September 10, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
The expression here is one of shared humanity regardless of background, gender identity, race or creed. The common language being used here is cinema.
David Fear
Ms. Sandoval is a confident storyteller with a fondness for the quirks and surprises of character -- any character who comes into view. August 28, 2020 | Full Review…
Ms. Sandoval is a confident storyteller with a fondness for the quirks and surprises of character -- any character who comes into view.
Joe Morgenstern
Sandoval's inspired editing draws the film's relevant themes together with unexpected precision. August 27, 2020 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Sandoval's inspired editing draws the film's relevant themes together with unexpected precision.
Jude Dry
Isabel Sandoval has a light tough with some weighty subject matter. August 26, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Isabel Sandoval has a light tough with some weighty subject matter.
Christy Lemire
A gorgeous and delicate picture, an understated work that opens a window on an intimate world. August 26, 2020 | Full Review…
A gorgeous and delicate picture, an understated work that opens a window on an intimate world.
Stephanie Zacharek
The mood is meditative, the camera patient; yet the film is too dramatically shy and narratively slight to stir. August 25, 2020 | Full Review…
The mood is meditative, the camera patient; yet the film is too dramatically shy and narratively slight to stir.
Jeannette Catsoulis
LINGUA FRANCA is an important film, not just in the sense of representation, but also in the way it portrays the relationship between xenophobic and transphobic logics October 22, 2020 | Full Review…
LINGUA FRANCA is an important film, not just in the sense of representation, but also in the way it portrays the relationship between xenophobic and transphobic logics
Cathy Brennan
Drama about undocumented woman has language, nudity. October 19, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Drama about undocumented woman has language, nudity.
Barbara Shulgasser
A real immigration story in the U.S.A.. A film made by trueness. A must. [Full review in Spanish] September 20, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A real immigration story in the U.S.A.. A film made by trueness. A must. [Full review in Spanish]
Guillem Martinez Oya
Lingua Franca is almost voyeuristic. With Sandoval spreading herself between acting, directing, writing, editing, and producing, the film is inherently intimate. September 12, 2020 | Full Review…
Lingua Franca is almost voyeuristic. With Sandoval spreading herself between acting, directing, writing, editing, and producing, the film is inherently intimate.
Rafaela Sales Ross
Lingua Franca might be a fictional film, but it accurately shows situations and feelings experienced by an untold number of transgender undocumented immigrants. September 6, 2020 | Full Review…
Lingua Franca might be a fictional film, but it accurately shows situations and feelings experienced by an untold number of transgender undocumented immigrants.
Carla Hay
It's beautifully underplayed, leaving the details in the mind of the viewer, which makes the film thoughtful but never preachy. September 3, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
It's beautifully underplayed, leaving the details in the mind of the viewer, which makes the film thoughtful but never preachy.
Rich Cline
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