Lilies

Lilies (1996)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (7 reviews)

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Love, jealousy, revenge and forbidden homosexual passion color this alternately campy and dramatic adaptation of a play by Michel Marc Bouchard. Operating at different levels, the story begins in 1952 inside a Quebec prison chapel where hard-core convict Simon Doucet offers confession to Bishop… More

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R, 1 hr. 32 min.
Directed By
John Greyson
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Gay & Lesbian
In Theaters
Oct 25, 1996 Wide
On DVD
Oct 26, 1999
Wolfe Video

Critic Reviews

  • Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

    The central relationships are compelling and intriguing, and Greyson is so good at freshly telling a story that we are pulled right in.

  • Bob Satuloff, Film Journal International

    Greyson deserves much credit for realizing an outrageous theatrical conceit with clarity, consistency, and an arsenal of cinematic ideas.

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