Dave McNary Film ReporterAva DuVernay’s Array Releasing has bought Isabel Sandoval drama “Lingua Franca” and will premiere the film on Netflix on Aug.
26 along with select cities theatrically.Sandoval directed, wrote, produced, edited and stars in the film. “Lingua Franca” was the first movie directed by and starring a trans woman of color to screen in competition at 2019’s Venice International Film Festival Venice Days program.
DuVernay announced the acquisition on Thursday.Sandoval portrays an undocumented Filipina trans woman who secures a job as a live-in caregiver for an elderly Russian woman named Olga, played by Lynn Cohen, in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach neighborhood.
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