Name: Lilies
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1997-01-29
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Brent Carver, Marcel Sabourin, Aubert Pallascio, Jason Cadieux, Matthew Ferguson

1997·Drama·1h 36m

8.2

★

1952: Bishop Bilodeau visits a prison to hear the confession of Simon, a boyhood friend jailed for murder 40 years ago. However, once there, Bilodeau finds himself forced to watch a play put on by Simon and the other inmates depicting the two men's youths. As the play progresses, the tragic truth of Simon's crime comes to light.

Directed by John Greyson

lovesickness

love triangle

bishop

based on play or musical

tragedy

unrequited love

male homosexuality

tragic love

in the closet

homoeroticism

lgbt

love crime

lovesick

tragic romance

gay theme

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Cast

Brent Carver

Countess De Tilly

Marcel Sabourin

The Bishop

Aubert Pallascio

Older Simon

Jason Cadieux

Young Simon

Matthew Ferguson

Young Bilodeau

Danny Gilmore

Vallier

Ian D. Clark

Chaplain / Father Saint Michel

Gary Farmer

Timothée

Robert Lalonde

The Baron

Rémy Girard

The Baroness

John Dunn-Hill

Warden

Michel Marc Bouchard

Photographer

Crew

John Greyson

Director

Michel Marc Bouchard

Screenplay

Mychael Danna

Original Music Composer

Arnie Gelbart

Producer

Michel Marc Bouchard

Theatre Play

Popular Reviews

51 reviews

Gustavo Cast

7.0★ · 04/14/26

Interesting way to tell the story

Aku

10.0★ · 04/12/26

Holy peak

10.0★ · 04/11/26

they have theater kids in prison

I shall be reborn. My breath in the heavens, bear witness. We shall be free. We'll we be loved. If you do truly love me, let your love be known unto me.

I live for this quote, the theatricality, the cinematography, the symbolism, the catholic guilt of being queer, brent carver and alexander chapman omg i live for everything

they have theater kids in prison

I shall be reborn. My breath in the heavens, bear witness. We shall be free. We'll we be loved. If you do truly love me, let your love be known unto me.

I live for this quote, the theatricality, the cinematography, the symbolism, the catholic guilt of being queer, brent carver and alexander chapman omg i live for everything

Susuhangma

10.0★ · 03/23/26

I love artsy erotic queer cinema

clara

9.0★ · 03/21/26

"i shall be reborn. my breath in the heavens, bear witness. we shall be free. we'll be loved. if you do truly love me, let your love be known unto me."

them canadians really know how to write a great queer story, it was beautiful but also so sad, i’m struggling to put my thoughts on this film into words, but please do watch it, please