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Overview

Olivia, an undocumented Filipina immigrant paranoid about deportation, works as a caregiver to a Russian-Jewish grandmother in New York. 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.

Directed by Isabel Sandoval

Top cast

Isabel Sandoval

Olivia

Lynn Cohen

Olga

Eamon Farren

Alex

Ivory Aquino

Trixie

Lev Gorn

Murray

P.J. Boudousqué

Andrei

Andrea Leigh

Daria

L

Leif Steinert

Matthew

J

Jake Soister

Daniel

Roman Blat

Viktor

Megan Channell

Milla

Shiloh Verrico

Maggie

Mark Nelson

Roman

Daniel Danielson

Clerk

Bryan Webster

Wedding Officiant

D

Dean Temple

Chad

A

Ari Barkan

Milo

Deema Aitken

Boris

Christine Spang

Woman in Bar

Ian Harmon

City Hall Employee

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