Lilies Not for Me
A gay novelist and his psychiatric nurse bond over a series of "dates" prescribed to "cure" his homosexuality. He tells her how his previous relationship degenerated when his partner tried a risky procedure to become heterosexual.
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"Apart from the sudden love triangle, Lilies Not For Me is a mesmerizing and painful tale of a past which shouldn't have existed in the first place. The misguided notion of curing homosexuality by testicular transplant was captured so beautifully. Each and every actor gave their all. And Fionn probably gave his career best performance. Not a moment went by that i felt any of them were acting. The cinematography was as best as one can get in the industry. Direction top notch. Background music, the piece that completed the puzzle. I want to write so many things but I don't want to spoil..."
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The poem partially read several times by the film's protagonist is by a gay English poet, Digby Mackworth Dolben.
Poppies by Digby Mackworth Dolben
Lilies, lilies not for me,
Flowers of the pure and saintly-
I have seen in holy places
Where the incense rises faintly,
And the priest the chalice raises,
Lilies in the altar vases,
Not for me.
Leave untouched each garden tree,
Kings and queens of flower-land.
When the summer evening closes,
Lovers may-be hand in hand
There will seek for crimson roses,
There will bind their wreaths and posies
Merrily.
From the corn-fields where we met
Pluck me poppies white and red;
Bind them round my weary brain,
Strew them on my narrow bed,
Numbing all the ache and pain.-
I shall sleep nor wake again,
But forget.
📖 Synopsis
A gay novelist and his psychiatric nurse bond over a series of "dates" prescribed to "cure" his homosexuality. He tells her how his previous relationship degenerated when his partner tried a risky procedure to become heterosexual.