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Cicada

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

Director

Matthew Fifer, Kieran Mulcare

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Genre

Box Office

$13,370

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N/A

Awards

8 wins & 5 nominations total

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Oh, my childhood, my
innocent childhood. - Cicada

Oh, my childhood, my innocent childhood.

Happiness awoke with
me every morning, - Cicada

Happiness awoke with me every morning,

After the dark, dismal autumn
and the cold, cold winter - Cicada

After the dark, dismal autumn and the cold, cold winter

And your dad, he
loves you very much too, - Cicada

And your dad, he loves you very much too,

♪ I'm gonna take
a stab at this ♪ - Cicada

♪ I'm gonna take a stab at this ♪

♪ Back home ♪ - Cicada

♪ Back home ♪

♪ Would it fall ♪ - Cicada

♪ Would it fall ♪

Whoa, whoa! - Cicada

♪ It was a trick ♪ - Cicada

♪ It was a trick ♪

- Me?
- Yeah, this is - Cicada

- Me? - Yeah, this is

Lure 'em to dark things, which
clearly it worked for you. - Cicada

Lure 'em to dark things, which clearly it worked for yo...

♪ They go, we go, I want you
to know what I did, I did ♪ - Cicada

♪ They go, we go, I want you to know what I did, I did ♪

Maybe he's least accessible,
but worth the pain. - Cicada

Maybe he's least accessible, but worth the pain.

Hey, you wanna grab
a drink some time? - Cicada

Hey, you wanna grab a drink some time?

Here put your phone
number in there. - Cicada

Here put your phone number in there.

I have uh, a friend's thing - Cicada

I have uh, a friend's thing

But I uh, don't really
feel like doing any of it. - Cicada

But I uh, don't really feel like doing any of it.

In this gay part of town
though that means um, - Cicada

In this gay part of town though that means um,

Back in my day we
didn't have playgrounds, - Cicada

Back in my day we didn't have playgrounds,

Age, 26, sex, male,
location, Bedstar. - Cicada

Age, 26, sex, male, location, Bedstar.

Location dangerously
close to a cute boy. - Cicada

Location dangerously close to a cute boy.

Could we uh, I'm sorry. - Cicada

Could we uh, I'm sorry.

- Yeah?
- Yeah, we shared a room - Cicada

- Yeah? - Yeah, we shared a room

My mom was like, "Son, you've
made your bed now fuck in it." - Cicada

My mom was like, "Son, you've made your bed now fu...

Well, she wasn't that cool
but she was very supportive. - Cicada

Well, she wasn't that cool but she was very supportive.

I guess I was eight or nine. - Cicada

I guess I was eight or nine.

We had this desk in my room
with my mom's old stuff in it, - Cicada

We had this desk in my room with my mom's old stuff in ...

And uh, I used to sketch
this one guy, Brazilian, - Cicada

And uh, I used to sketch this one guy, Brazilian,

Yeah, I don't know, we,
we'd fool around, yeah. - Cicada

Yeah, I don't know, we, we'd fool around, yeah.

All right, uh,
stay-at-home dad - Cicada

All right, uh, stay-at-home dad

And my first cassette tape
growing up was Lou Bega. - Cicada

And my first cassette tape growing up was Lou Bega.

All the women in that song - Cicada

All the women in that song

♪ A little bit of
Rita's all I need ♪ - Cicada

♪ A little bit of Rita's all I need ♪

♪ A little bit of
Tina's all I see ♪ - Cicada

♪ A little bit of Tina's all I see ♪

I read a lot, sang in the
church choir, played the flute. - Cicada

I read a lot, sang in the church choir, played the flute.

♪ There's no exception
to the rule ♪ - Cicada

♪ There's no exception to the rule ♪

♪ Baby ♪ - Cicada

♪ Take me out to the ball game ♪ - Cicada

♪ Take me out to the ball game ♪

Spend nearly
all their lives underground, - Cicada

Spend nearly all their lives underground,

Periodicals come out in different
broods every 13, 17 years, - Cicada

Periodicals come out in different broods every 13, 17 years,

I have some reports of folks - Cicada

I have some reports of folks

You know they say
art is never finished - Cicada

You know they say art is never finished

- Mm-hmm.
- Last week, I just, - Cicada

- Mm-hmm. - Last week, I just,

Well, that's simple,
don't eat. - Cicada

Well, that's simple, don't eat.

Listen, Doc, I just- - Cicada

Listen, Doc, I just-

It can be anything from a
mass in your throat to MS. - Cicada

It can be anything from a mass in your throat to MS.

Ooh, I can't wait until we're
behind closed doors later. - Cicada

Ooh, I can't wait until we're behind closed doors ...

Just gonna bend you over,
pull back your hair, - Cicada

Just gonna bend you over, pull back your hair,

It's not 'cause we're in
public, it's just not my thing. - Cicada

It's not 'cause we're in public, it's ju...

Data tech, you sort
through big data, - Cicada

Data tech, you sort through big data,

I paint apartments for
Upper East Side DILFs, - Cicada

I paint apartments for Upper East Side DILFs,

I get every test in the
books, litmus, ultrasound. - Cicada

I get every test in the books, litmus, ultrasound.

You know it's funny, - Cicada

You know it's funny,

Well, I thought I'd never
see you this happy again, - Cicada

Well, I thought I'd never see you this happy again,

Oh, don't be silly,
Benjamin, call me Bo. - Cicada

Oh, don't be silly, Benjamin, call me Bo.

Benny and Bo, two lonely bees
in their tight tees. - Cicada

Benny and Bo, two lonely bees in their tight tees.

Indigenous Clydesdale
from Connecticut. - Cicada

Indigenous Clydesdale from Connecticut.

It's just a shame about
this balloon knot color. - Cicada

It's just a shame about this balloon knot color.

One of my earliest
memories, I was running, - Cicada

One of my earliest memories, I was running,

I was singing on
my grandma's porch, - Cicada

I was singing on my grandma's porch,

I was uh, at homecoming, - Cicada

I was uh, at homecoming,

Had to take a cab the
next morning 'cause- - Cicada

Had to take a cab the next morning 'cause-

That's good, - Cicada

I'm sorry. - Cicada

All right, we'll go Robert
Moses like the old days. - Cicada

All right, we'll go Robert Moses like the old days.

Don't, don't do that thing - Cicada

Don't, don't do that thing

♪ Everybody plays
the fool sometimes ♪ - Cicada

♪ Everybody plays the fool sometimes ♪

I waited for like an hour, - Cicada

I waited for like an hour,

I gotta go to San Francisco - Cicada

I gotta go to San Francisco

Okay, I get it,
gotta go to San Francisco. - Cicada

Okay, I get it, gotta go to San Francisco.

Listen, I'm the only
black guy at work, - Cicada

Listen, I'm the only black guy at work,

I get it, you're
the only black guy - Cicada

I get it, you're the only black guy

Every 17 years
they come up just to mate, - Cicada

Every 17 years they come up just to mate,

Discrepancies
in assistant coach - Cicada

Discrepancies in assistant coach

And some believe it
may throw a wrench - Cicada

And some believe it may throw a wrench

Originally McQueary claimed
to have witnessed Sandusky - Cicada

Originally McQueary claimed to have witnessed Sandusky

Look
McQueary can no longer - Cicada

Look McQueary can no longer

What juror isn't
going to question - Cicada

What juror isn't going to question

Told them, "I had an emergency,
my boyfriend went missing." - Cicada

Told them, "I had an emergency, my boyfriend went missi...

♪ Pineapples in the morning ♪ - Cicada

♪ Pineapples in the morning ♪

♪ Wonder where they're
gonna touch down and when ♪ - Cicada

♪ Wonder where they're gonna touch down and when ♪

♪ Might just take
me a bath today ♪ - Cicada

♪ Might just take me a bath today ♪

I don't know,
it was on the phone. - Cicada

I don't know, it was on the phone.

I was coming home from
the bar, it was late. - Cicada

I was coming home from the bar, it was late.

I don't even know why
I went to the bar, - Cicada

I don't even know why I went to the bar,

When I'm at the station
I see this dude, - Cicada

When I'm at the station I see this dude,

He notices me, and I
wink, and he smiles, - Cicada

He notices me, and I wink, and he smiles,

Now in the corner of my eye - Cicada

Now in the corner of my eye

And I'm walking back, and
this silver car pulls up, - Cicada

And I'm walking back, and this silver car pulls up,

He shot me, and I'm just laying
there, and he drives off. - Cicada

He shot me, and I'm just laying there, and he drives of...

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★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Matthew Fifer, Kieran Mulcare

Writer: Matthew Fifer, Sheldon D. Brown

Production: N/A

Genre: drama, romance

Year: 2021

MetaScore: 66/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: $13,370

Released: 15 Jan 2021

Awards: 8 wins & 5 nominations total

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