SummaryAfter a string of unsuccessful and awkward encounters with women, Ben goes “back on the dick.” Cicada follows Ben, a young bisexual man, as 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 surf... Read More
Directed By:Matthew Fifer, Kieran Mulcare
Written By:Matthew Fifer, Sheldon D. Brown
Cicada
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Jan 21, 2022
80
Though there are some clunking flaws... Cicada has the compact shape of an elegant short story – open-ended, yet not incomplete.
Jan 20, 2022
80
Told with tenderness and honesty, Cicada is a treatment of trauma that does not judge or preach or take sides, but, in building to its breathless crescendo, goes to show just how much courage it takes to confront the past in order to look to the future.
Oct 29, 2021
40
Ben and Sam’s blossoming romance does a lot of telling and little showing. While there’s the occasional amusingly idiosyncratic section of dialogue that sounds like a series of stagily poetic non-sequiturs, much of the couple’s bonding feels straightforward and unremarkable.
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Production Company:
- rubbertape
- Aquarius Lion Productions
- Beast of the East Productions
Release Date:Oct 29, 2021
Duration:1 h 36 m
Awards
Kingston Reelout Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Out Film CT
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
