Movie
Lilies
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1997-01-29
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Galafilm, Alliance Films, Triptych Media
- Country
- Canada
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Brent Carver as Countess De Tilly
- Marcel Sabourin as The Bishop
- Aubert Pallascio as Older Simon
- Jason Cadieux as Young Simon
- Matthew Ferguson as Young Bilodeau
- Danny Gilmore as Vallier
- Ian D. Clark as Chaplain / Father Saint Michel
- Gary Farmer as Timothée
- Robert Lalonde as The Baron
- Rémy Girard as The Baroness
- Alexander Chapman as Lydie-Anne
- John Dunn-Hill as Warden
Crew
- John Greyson - Director
- Michel Marc Bouchard - Screenplay
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