Get ready to be swept away, because the trailer for Lilies Not For Me is here, and this beautiful, sexy, and haunting gay period romance is taking shape as one you cannot miss.
The film, which comes from the producers of Call Me By Your Name, is set in 1920s England and recounts a gay man’s history of passionate love affairs.
At its center is Owen (Fionn O’Shea), a gay novelist who has come to be institutionalised for his queer identity. As part of his treatment, he has doctor-prescribed ‘dates’ with his psychiatric nurse, Dorothy (Erin Kellyman). However, the two form a friendship and as their conversations unfold, Owen reveals a passionate and frightening story of his forbidden love affair with a doctor named Phillip (Robert Aramay). Phillip is convinced that their desires can be cured, and their romance takes a dark turn as they opt to participate in a risky procedure meant to cure their desire for one another.
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The film highlights a dark and underseen moment in British history, and is a reminder of the importance of knowing, understanding, and fighting to never repeat parts of our queer history. It all sounds aching, heartwrenching and profoundly moving.
Starring alongside O’Shea and Kellyman are Jodi Balfour and Louis Hofmann, and the film marks Will Seefried’s feature debut.
Lilies Not For Me arrives on digital soon. In the meantime, you can watch the trailer below.
