Via YouTubeFilm & TV / NewsFilm & TV / NewsWatch the first trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s new TV seriesThe Call Me By Your Name director makes his small screen debut with the Chloë Sevigny-starring We Are Who We Are, a show about coming of age in a military baseShareLink copied ✔️July 27, 2020July 27, 2020TextBrit Dawson The first trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s new TV show, We Are Who We Are, starring Chloë Sevigny and Kid Cudi, is finally here. The eight-part series marks the Call Me By Your Name director’s first foray into episodic television, and will debut on HBO later this year. We Are Who We Are tells the story of 14-year-old Fraser – played by IT and Beautiful Boy star Jack Dylan Grazer – who moves from New York to an Italian military base with his mothers, portrayed by Sevigny and Alice Braga. On his arrival, Fraser meets Caitlin (Jordan Kristine Seamón), a teenager who’s lived on the base for a number of years. The coming-of-age series follows the pair as their relationship develops and they make friends, face family conflicts, and grapple with questions of identity. The trailer opens with Fraser first seeing Caitlin in school, before she confronts him, asking: “Why are you following me?” As the clip continues, the two get closer, going on adventures and meeting each other’s parents – Caitlin’s dad (played by Kid Cudi) questions: “What do you like about that boy?”, to which she replies: “He understands me.” Faith Alabi is also on board as Caitlin’s mother, while Martin Scorsese’s daughter, Francesca Scorsese, makes her on-screen debut as the outspoken, sexually uninhibited Britney. Corey Knight stars as good-natured soldier Craig, Beatrice Barichella portrays local girl Valentina, and Ben Taylor plays Caitlin’s possessive boyfriend and Craig’s brother, Sam. Earlier this month, shortly after HBO teased the series, Guadagnino told Variety that We Are Who We Are couldn’t be further from his critically acclaimed 2017 film, Call Me By Your Name. “I will never complain about people’s laziness,” he said, “but that (comparison) sounds very lazy.” He continued: “Call Me By Your Name is about the past seen through the prism of a cinematic narrative, and this is about the here and now. This is about the bodies and souls of now. I think they are so different. The effects of the 2016 election are still being felt here, right now. The seismic shift throughout America and the world of what it meant that Obama’s presidency was followed by Trump’s presidency, and how people did not see it coming, are still being grappled with.” We Are Who We Are will debut on September 14 on HBO. Watch the trailer above. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREDazed x MUBI Cinema Club’s season finale: Father Mother Sister Brother6LILITH6: Inside the witchy femme mall cult of Forbidden Fruits RIMOWAGeorge Riley unpacks her favourite travel spots for RIMOWA DJ Ahmet, a coming-of-ager about an EDM-obsessed teen sheep farmerWho is Takashi Miike? An intro to Japanese cinema’s cult provocateurThe Good Boy is a sick, twisted nightmare about delinquent teensArco, a striking, soul-stirring sci-fi about lonely kids in 2075Bill Skarsgård and Gus Van Sant on their scrappy thriller Dead Man’s WireScarlet: Anime legend Mamoru Hosoda’s trippy new take on Hamlet7 unmissable films from South by Southwest 2026 Why fans are turning against Timothée ChalametOscars 2026: The biggest snubs from this year’s nominationsEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy