Lilies Not for Me (2024)

Directed by

Will Seefried

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

South Africa, United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

14

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1920s England, a man with homosexual tendencies is admitted to a medical facility that claims to cure them. There, he forms a connection with a nurse during their daily teatime sessions.

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What happens

Lilies Not for Me is a 2024 period drama film, written and directed by Will Seefried. It premiered at the 2024 Edinburgh International Film Festival and was released digitally by Gravitas Ventures in April 2025. Set in 1920s England, the film follows Owen James (Fionn O'Shea), an aspiring novelist who was admitted to a medical facility that claims to "cure" homosexual tendencies through then-experimental procedures. As part of Owen's treatment, he is placed under the care of Nurse Dorothy (Erin Kellyman), with whom he shares prescribed daily teatime sessions meant to prepare him for a so-called "normal" heterosexual life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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