Lilies Not for Me

"Lilies That Don't Belong to Me" tells the story of an unusual friendship that develops between a gay romance novelist and a psychiatric nurse in 1920s England. The novelist, while explaining a long-standing friendship to the nurse, also reveals how this relationship ended with a dangerous method. The method they resort to in order to rid themselves of the forbidden love they experience between them, disrupts not only their friendship but their lives as well. This emotional and dramatic story presents the socio-cultural atmosphere of the period and the taboos related to sexual identity to the viewers. The film leaves a deep impact on the viewers and encourages them to ponder both the drama experienced by the characters and the social pressures of the period. The film was shot on the historic streets and buildings of England.