knows she's trans. When Olivia realizes her belongings were rummaged through, Alex makes up a story that a masked intruder went through her things, increasing Olivia's fear that ICE will do a raid on her. Alex shows up to his job at the slaughterhouse drunk and is fired on the spot by his uncle. Although Alex is initially distant from Olivia, he eventually comforts her after he sees her watching the nonstop news on TV about ongoing immigration raids and deportations. He considers marrying her and looks up marriage license procedures in New York state online. He gets his job back with his uncle after promising to stay sober. While on a overnight trip to Atlantic City, Alex drunkenly offers to marry Olivia the next day and talks about his wishes to have a big family with her. Olivia is hesitant and tells Alex she has something to tell him, but he reassures her that he already knows about her being trans and would still marry her. The next morning in their motel room, Olivia demands that Alex return her passport to her. The ending is left ambiguous; though it is understood Olivia has decided not to go through with the marriage, as she tells her mom in the Philippines she has a new job and has met someone new, with her earnings again going towards financially supporting her family and securing a green card. The film ends with Olga again forgetting her surroundings. Cast Isabel Sandoval as Olivia Lynn Cohen as Olga Eamon Farren as Alex Lev Gorn as Murray Ivory Aquino as Trixie P.J. Boudousqué as Andrei Andrea Leigh as Daria Reception The film was received positively. The film has rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus: "Lingua Franca brings warmth and humanity to its social issue-driven plot with sensitive performances and writer-director Isabel Sandoval's gently empathetic touch." Stephanie Zacharek wrote for Time that Lingua Franca is "a gorgeous and delicate picture, an understated work that opens a window on an intimate world" and Jude Dry wrote in IndieWire that the film "illustrates the woefully untapped potential of marginalized storytellers". For The Hollywood Reporter, Stephen Dalton wrote Lingua Franca is a "heartfelt personal statement rooted in timely, gripping issues that obviously resonate deeply with its author, notably trans rights and Trump-era immigration anxieties". Lingua Franca was nominated for the 2021 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film (Limited Release).