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Cicada (2021)

Cicada (2021)

94 minutes EN Drama , Romance
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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