Cicada

Cicada

2021•1h 34m•5.8/10

DramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.8/10(20)

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.

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Production

Beast of the East Productions, rubbertape, Tribeca Film Institute

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Matthew Fifer

Matthew Fifer

Ben

Sheldon D. Brown

Sam

Sandra Bauleo

Debbie

Jazmin Grace Grimaldi

Amber

Cobie Smulders

Cobie Smulders

Sophie

Scott Adsit

Scott Adsit

Dr. Dragone

Michael Potts

Michael Potts

Francis

David Burtka

David Burtka

Bo

Jo Firestone

Jo Firestone

Tracy

Jason Greene

Jason Greene

Theresa

Beau Curran

Young Ben

Bowen Yang

Bowen Yang

Hudson

Clara McGregor

Clara McGregor

Riley

Kevin William Reed

Mike

Ahmad Maksoud

Mahmoud

Rain Dove Dubilewski

Rain Dove Dubilewski

Josh

Tucker Des Lauriers

Tucker Des Lauriers

Justin

Jace Moody

Ray

Kian Talan

Kian Talan

Keith

Alexandra Curran

Alexandra Curran

Shay

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