The film follows friendship between two dissimilar women: single mother Anja, who tries to keep herself and her daughter afloat with various jobs, and Isabell, who takes care of her parents in need of care and whose relationship with her husband Philipp is put to the test.

[2] Isabell's life is thrown into turmoil as she juggles caring for her aging parents, marital troubles with Philippe, and frequent trips between Berlin and their modernist retreat.

As Anja and her daughter Greta become part of her life, Isabell begins to question her carefully maintained stability, feeling an increasing loss of control.

[3] Cicadas will have its World premiere in the Panorama section of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on 15 February 2025.

[4][5][6] In January 2025, Germany-based Beta Cinema acquired the international sales rights of the film.