Film

Cicada

2021 · 1h 34m · Drama · Romance

IMDb

6.7

Rotten Tomatoes

95%

Metacritic

66

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.

Matthew Fifer

Ben

Sheldon D. Brown

Sam

Sandra Bauleo

Debbie

Jazmin Grace Grimaldi

Amber

Cobie Smulders

Sophie

Scott Adsit

Dr. Dragone

Michael Potts

Francis

David Burtka

Bo

Jo Firestone

Tracy

Jason Greene

Theresa

Beau Curran

Young Ben

Bowen Yang

Hudson

Clara McGregor

Riley

Kevin William Reed

Mike

Ahmad Maksoud

Mahmoud

Rain Dove Dubilewski

Josh

• Kieran MulcareDirector
• Matthew FiferProducer · Editor · Director · Writer
• Ramfis MyrthilProducer
• Jeremy TruongProducer
• Vadim LermanExecutive Producer
• Eric SchleicherDirector of Photography
• Kyle SimsEditor

Official US Trailer

Release date

October 29, 2021

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

18A

Genres

Drama, Romance

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