Lilies - theater of passion

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Movie
German title Lilies - theater of passion
Original title Lilies - Les feluettes
Country of production Canada
original language English
Publishing year 1996
length approx. 92 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
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Director John Greyson
script Michel Marc Bouchard
production Robin Cass
Arnie Gelbart
Anna Stratton
music Mychael Danna
camera Daniel Jobin
cut André Corriveau
Jane Tattersall
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Lilies - Theater of Passion (Original title: Lilies - Les feluettes ) is a Canadian drama from 1996 , in which theater and film merge. All roles are played by men. Deep feelings, temptation and guilt are depicted in different time levels. Directed by John Greyson .

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Bishop Bilodeau was sent to a prison in Québec in 1952 to hear confession in the chapel. Simon, a prisoner convicted of murder, is an acquaintance of the bishop from his youth. As it soon turns out, he wants to bring the truth to light and take revenge. The bribed prison guards do not intervene when Bilodeau is forcibly detained.

He and Simon watch as their fellow prisoners stage a play by Gabriele D'Annunzio to bring back old memories from 1912. Back then, young Simon and his friend Vallier were homoerotically in love with each other. The pious young Bilodeau is also in love with the attractive Simon, whom he is constantly watching, but is rejected by him.

The life of the local residents of Roberval changes when the dark-skinned Lydie-Anne lands in a hot air balloon . She is a rich seductive lady from Paris and is called a Babylonian . Simon is chastened by his father and ends his relationship with Vallier. He now decides to be interested in women. Soon Lydie-Anne falls in love with him and they become engaged. Before Simon leaves with her in a balloon, he and Vallier openly confess their love for each other for the first time.

Vallier's mother, the impoverished Countess de Tilly, has been waiting in vain for news of her husband for years. Her illusory world collapses when Lydie-Anne reveals to her that she has met the Count, his young wife and their daughter in Lyon. At her request, Vallier strangles his mother. Bilodeau advises Simon and Vallier to flee because the entire population is after them. Simon is accused of setting fire to the monastery. Bilodeau wants a kiss from Simon, which Simon rejects as sick. Thereupon Bilodeau sets the room on fire and locks the two lovers in it. He runs away, but returns and saves the unconscious Simon. Vallier dies. At the trial, Bilodeau lies and blames Simon, who is then convicted of Vallier's death.

Finally, after forty years, the bishop confesses that he could have saved Vallier but did not. He tells Simon to kill him. But the latter kisses him and leaves him alone in the chapel with a knife in his hand.

Background information

The director John Greyson filmed the play Les Feluettes by his screenwriter Michel Marc Bouchard. The budget was approximately CAD 2.2 million . The film was first released on September 7, 1996 at the Toronto International Film Festival . It was first published in Germany on February 26, 1998.

There are DVDs in German, with the original English sound, German subtitles, and star information from John Greyson and the main actors. The film is also available as a German-language VHS cassette.

Reviews

  • Cinema and www.tvspielfilm.de mentioned the “skilful merging of different narrative and time levels and described the film as “strong in images and real feeling” and
  • The Dirk Jasper FilmLexikon said: "'Lilies' is a pop-like happening: Christian suffering comes along languishing, love is equal to holiness and pure desire controls behavior in the eternal struggle against the prevailing norms of decency."
  • The Berliner Morgenpost wrote in a review on March 5, 1997: "... a ridiculous smear comedy, downright a satirical of the tune films of the last ten years."
  • The film-dienst (04/1998) saw the film as "a film adaptation of a stage play, which in the staging of the play-within-a-play contributes little to dealing with current issues of homosexuality due to the strong emphasis on the formal aesthetic side."
  • DVD cover:
    • "A film full of emotions and poetic power that, breathtakingly staged, is well on its way to becoming a classic."
    • "Beguiling ... unique ... a strong, poetic vision." (New York Film Festival)
    • "A sensual feast for the eyes and ears, heart and mind." (Toronto International Films)

Awards (selection)

  • In 1996, John Greyson won the Montréal World Film Festival for Best Canadian Film .
  • In 1996 John Greyson was nominated for a Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival .
  • In 1996 the film received four Genie Awards :
    • Sandra Kybartas for the best equipment,
    • Linda Muir for the best costumes,
    • Don Cohen, Keith Elliott, Scott Purdy, Scott Shepherd and Don White for the best tone,
    • Robin Cass, Arnie Gelbart and Anna Stratton for best film.

The film was nominated for Genie Awards in ten other categories and was also successful at other festivals.

Web links

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  1. ^ Cinema
  2. www.tvspielfilm.de
  3. Dirk Jasper FilmLexikon ( Memento from July 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  4. www.djfl.de ( Memento from July 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive )