We are who we are

We Are Who We Are explores the complexities of adolescence and the dilemma that comes with wanting the maturity of adulthood, while physically and emotionally being a young teenager. We’II see this conflict in the day-to-day life of each character, through their unique internal struggles, while attempting to carve out their own piace in the world or esca ping the one they’ve been confined to.

Fraser and Caitlin, two teenagers are at the core of the ‘journey’: their impalpable incredible love story doesn’t seem to take off.

They are both Americans but they live in a ‘suspended’ piace, an American base in ltaly. The summer is scorching and full of changes. Their own bodies are changing, they are growing up.

Caitlin is in a long-term relationship with Sam and is the most beautiful giri on the base, but her father, knowingly or not, has raised her in ways that would be considered socially masculine, teaching her to box, taking her out sailing, doing the kinds of things that perhaps, he would have done with a son he always wanted, but she’s quickly approaching womanhood. As a female, her body is manifesting itself biologically

and Fraser has just arrived at the base. She begins to question the way she sees herself in the world, wondering about her own wants and needs. ls she in love with Sam or does she want Fraser in her life, but as a friend and mentor? How does she begin to tackle these overwhelming emotional conflicts at fourteen? Fraser is born and raised in New York and has just moved to the military base with his mother, Sarah, the new base commander. Fraser has a hard time adjusting and fitting in. He feels lost alienateci. Caitlin is the

only person who he relates on an emotionally significant leve!.

The two develop a unique friendship that gives them the chance to discover themselves, explore their own desires and find the strength and courage to also explore the world outside of themselves.

During the short time of living together at the base, the stability and support they do find will be off-set by new friendships, new desires and also the war in Afghanistan, which will take Craig, the eldest among their group of friends, away from the base.

Caitlin and Fraser mutuai discovery, as well as the incredible changes in their own bodies and souls, it will transcend their persona! narratives by serving as a reflection of those a round them, compelling us to examine a larger socia! dynamic at play.

Their journey comes to a conclusion with a trip away from the base, to a nearby city, for one final night together. It’s a larger city fil led with adventure, spontaneity and possibility, where they find freedom from convention and can ultimately live the lives they choose, with support from one another.