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A carefully made and atmospheric film. In 1952 in Quebec, a Roman Catholic bishop has gone to hear the confession of a terminally ill prisoner, whom he knew 40 years ago before the man started his sentence for murder. But the bishop is taken prisoner and made to watch a play depicting the events of 1912. At first this is done in the chapel of the prison, but we soon transfer to outdoor scenes in full costume, but still with all the parts played by the prisoners themselves. The 1912 scenes are lavish and convincing, but the film may fall between two stools, not being believable at a factual level, and with the allegory too obscure.
The dominant theme is suppressed homosexuality which could not be mentioned in polite society in 1912; female roles are played by male actors, but without any drag queenery.
The French title is a very obscure word said to refer to feminine men, but the film has been released under the English title of Lilies.
HF October 2007
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