Three Months (2022) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

A brief summer friendship forces Caleb and Estha to confront health anxiety, identity, family expectations, and the uncertainty of growing beyond temporary intimacy.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

An Unlikely Summer Bond

Caleb and Estha meet through a support meeting and recognize shared struggles with secrecy, family expectations, and identity. A tandem bicycle ride turns awkward conversation into growing trust.

Key Events

• Noisy Summer Opening — Music, crowds, bicycles, and comic conversations establish the irreverent summer atmosphere. Characters: Caleb, Estha Location: Summer streets
• Support Meeting — Caleb and Estha meet while confronting secrecy, family expectations, and uncertainty about sexuality. Characters: Caleb, Estha Location: Support meeting
• Family Expectations Revealed — Estha describes arranged dates, while Caleb admits hiding his life from his family. Characters: Caleb, Estha Location: Support meeting
• Tandem Bicycle Ride — Caleb offers Estha a ride, and awkward jokes become a first sign of growing trust. Characters: Caleb, Estha Location: Summer streets

Reckless Intimacy

The friends spend the summer at parties, performances, and late-night outings. Flirtation, jokes, and conversations about romance gradually make their connection more emotionally significant.

Key Events

• Parties Begin — Caleb, Estha, and Dara move through parties and reckless late-night outings. Characters: Caleb, Estha, Dara Location: Summer parties
• Drunken Conversation — Caleb shares a drunken episode with Dara and discusses romance, foolishness, and loneliness. Characters: Caleb, Dara Location: Late-night outing
• Jim Performs — Jim performs for a crowd and singles Estha out during a song. Characters: Jim, Estha Location: Performance venue
• Flirtation Deepens — Caleb and Estha flirt, joke, and increasingly depend on one another. Characters: Caleb, Estha Location: Summer gathering
• Romance and Adventure Talk — Caleb and Dara question whether romance can include foolish adventures and emotional freedom. Characters: Caleb, Dara Location: Summer gathering

Fear Behind the Celebration

Health concerns interrupt the summer's recklessness as Caleb and Estha face the possibility of testing positive. Dr. Diaz helps Caleb confront guilt, while Estha fears rejection from his family.

Key Events

• Health Fears Surface — The friends confront health concerns and the possibility of receiving a positive result. Characters: Caleb, Estha Location: Health-support setting
• Caleb Faces Guilt — Dr. Diaz helps Caleb confront his guilt over worrying Valerie. Characters: Caleb, Dr. Diaz Location: Doctor's office
• Estha Fears Rejection — Estha admits fearing that his family will reject his authentic identity. Characters: Estha Location: Private interior

The Summer Breaks Apart

Estha receives his result, and Caleb promises unconditional support. After Estha reveals that he is not positive, he rejects celebration, chooses school, and accuses Caleb of being only a temporary distraction.

Key Events

• Testing Result Arrives — Estha receives his result, making the summer's health anxiety suddenly concrete. Characters: Caleb, Estha Location: Testing setting
• Caleb Promises Support — Caleb insists he will remain beside Estha whether the result is negative or positive. Characters: Caleb, Estha Location: Testing setting
• Estha Pushes Away — Estha rejects Caleb's immediate support and creates emotional distance between them. Characters: Caleb, Estha Location: Quiet outdoor setting
• Negative Result Revealed — Estha says he is not positive, and Caleb responds with relief and a wish to celebrate. Characters: Caleb, Estha Location: Quiet outdoor setting
• Summer Comes Apart — Estha chooses school, rejects the summer distraction, and breaks apart from Caleb. Characters: Caleb, Estha Location: Summer streets

Beyond the Summer

Caleb confronts Valerie over the consequences of his secrets. Estha discloses his hidden identity and later encounters a new baby at Edith's changed home, cautiously imagining responsibility and a future.

Key Events

• Valerie Confronts Caleb — Caleb faces the consequences of secrets about his health and family life in a furious confrontation with Valerie. Characters: Caleb, Valerie Location: Family interior
• Identity Disclosure — Estha tells his grandmother about the hidden part of his identity and receives unexpected compassion. Characters: Estha Location: Family home
• A Cautious Future — Estha encounters a new baby and cautiously asks to hold him, suggesting a more responsible future. Characters: Estha, Edith Location: Edith's changed home

Story Breakdown

• Summer Atmosphere — The film begins in a noisy, comic, sexually frank summer world.
  • Crowded Opening — Music, bicycles, crowds, and irreverent conversations establish the setting.
  • Reckless Outings — Parties and late-night adventures create the social rhythm of the summer.
• Meeting Through Secrecy — Caleb and Estha connect through shared struggles with family pressure and hidden identity.
  • Support Meeting — The two first encounter each other while discussing personal uncertainty.
  • Tandem Trust — A bicycle ride transforms awkward conversation into mutual comfort.
• Growing Intimacy — Repeated social encounters deepen the emotional and romantic ambiguity between the friends.
  • Dara Conversation — Caleb discusses romance and reckless adventure after a drunken episode with Dara.
  • Jim's Performance — Jim singles Estha out during a performance, adding public attention to the summer.
• Health Anxiety — The possibility of a positive result turns the carefree summer into a period of fear.
  • Testing Fears — Caleb and Estha confront concerns about their health and possible results.
  • Caleb's Guilt — Dr. Diaz helps Caleb face guilt over worrying Valerie.
• Friendship Rupture — The test result exposes incompatible expectations about what the summer means.
  • Support Promise — Caleb promises to stay beside Estha regardless of the result.
  • Temporary Distraction — Estha rejects celebration and accuses Caleb of treating him as temporary.
• Facing Adulthood — After separation, both characters confront consequences and imagine lives beyond the summer.
  • Valerie Confrontation — Caleb faces Valerie over secrets involving health and family life.
  • A New Responsibility — Estha meets a baby at Edith's changed home and cautiously asks to hold him.

Directed by

Jared Frieder

Key Cast

• Troye Sivan — Caleb
• Viveik Kalra — Estha
• Brianne Tju — Dara
• Ellen Burstyn — Valerie
• Louis Gossett Jr. — Benny