Title DossierDrama

Cicada

DramaRomance

A New York love story that toes the line between narrative and doc with two actors reliving parts of their own experiences.

Year

2021

Duration

1h 36m

IMDb

6.7

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Cast

MF

Matthew Fifer

Director

Kieran Mulcare

Director

MF

Matthew Fifer

Ben

Cast

MF

Matthew Fifer

Director

Kieran Mulcare

Director

MF

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

JG

Jason Greene

Theresa

BC

Beau Curran

Young Ben

Bowen Yang

Hudson

Clara McGregor

Riley

JD

Jude Dry

Charlie

KW

Kevin William Reed

Mike

Ahmad Maksoud

Mahmoud

Rain Dove Dubilewski

Josh

TD

Tucker Des Lauriers

Justin

MF

Matthew Fifer

Writer

Sheldon D. Brown

Writer

Trailer

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Comments

10 Comments

AneelValaJul 18, 2024

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ClementJul 6, 2024

Fix the movie. its co playing with the barbershop next cut

عبدالعالي الصقريAug 16, 2023

Hemal MaliJul 20, 2023

"Cicada" isn't anything you haven't seen before. A quiet and grounded examination of a complicated LGBTQ relationship. The script could've been a bit stronger, since I guessed a lot of the storyline as it played out. Sometimes I was a bit confused about the genre... the comedic moments felt a bit out of place amongst the plot. Overall, I think this film was a really strong effort! There's loads of potential for the director and cast to springboard off of.

غيث الشعافيJul 20, 2023

It has very good potentials but it could've been better. It has a beautiful story with a powerful topic but it fails in portraying it . It's very well shot and acted but the script is weak and the dialogues are uninteresting which makes it flat and boring. What's supposed to be emotional and deep turns out emotionless and dull.

@DGlang's 1Jul 20, 2023

Cicada picks at the affects our trauma and our past have on our current relationships. The story has a ton of depth but the acting and the script not as much.

Diane RussetJul 20, 2023

A film that draws you in with slices of life from a blooming romance, up against the internal traumas that throw obstacles in its way. Low key and really beautiful.

🔱👑HELLR👑🔱Jul 20, 2023

In this semi-autobiographical film, two men meet in 2013 New York City and develop a relationship. The time is set by the cicada emergence in New York, and harkens back to events in the earlier 17-year cycle. However, other radio reports of the Sandusky sexual abuse case seems to place the action 2 years earlier. Early on, there was a rapid-fire sequence to establish Ben as being bisexual. However, The short-scene technique used later was just distracting, as if assembled by someone with a short attention span. In addition to common relationship problems - like different speeds of feelings development and degrees of outness - both participants also have prior traumas that make it difficult for each one to move forward. That is one of the problems of this film - there is too much story potential, which makes each story feel underdeveloped, especially with occasional scenes of simulated sex. I'm torn between interest in the sex and nudity, and yearning for more time for character development.