Cicada

Oct 29, 2021

1h 34m

★ 6.0

Overview

Ben is a young bisexual man. He comes out to the world and develops an intense relationship with Sam, a man of color struggling with deep wounds of his own. As the summer progresses and their intimacy grows, Ben's past crawls to the surface.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Beast of the East Productions

rubbertape

Tribeca Film Institute

Cicada Trailers

Cast

Ben

Matthew Fifer

Sam

Sheldon D. Brown

Debbie

Sandra Bauleo

Amber

Jazmin Grace Grimaldi

Sophie

Cobie Smulders

Dr. Dragone

Scott Adsit

Francis

Michael Potts

David Burtka

Tracy

Jo Firestone

Theresa

Jason Greene

Young Ben

Beau Curran

Hudson

Bowen Yang

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