Lilies (1996) Lilies - Les feluettes (original title)

Director:

John Greyson

Writers:

Michel Marc Bouchard (play)
Michel Marc Bouchard (screenplay)

Release Date:

16 August 1997 (Japan)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

Great passion and tragic betrayal

Plot:

1952: Bishop Bilodeau visits a québécois prison to hear the confession of a boyhood friend jailed for murder 40 years ago...

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Boyhood Friend | Homosexual | Homosexual Teenager | Schoolboy Crush

Awards:

8 wins & 14 nominations

Cast

Brent Carver	...	Countess De Tilly
Marcel Sabourin	...	The Bishop
Aubert Pallascio	...	Older Simon
Jason Cadieux	...	Young Simon
Matthew Ferguson	...	Young Bilodeau
Danny Gilmore	...	Vallier
Alexander Chapman	...	Lydie-Anne
Ian D. Clark	...	Chaplain / Father Saint Michel
Gary Farmer	...	Timothée
Robert Lalonde	...	The Baron
Rémy Girard	...	The Baroness
John Dunn-Hill	...	Warden
Paul-Patrice Charbonneau	...	Chauffeur
Michel Marc Bouchard	...	Photographer
Khanh Hua	...	Prison Ensemble
Benoît Lagrandeur	...	Prison Ensemble
Pierre LeBlanc	...	Prison Ensemble
Jean Lévesque	...	Prison Ensemble
Antoine Jobin	...	Prison Ensemble
Alain Gendreau	...	Prison Ensemble
Simon Simpson	...	Prison Ensemble
Eddy Rios	...	Prison Ensemble
Martin Stone	...	Prison Ensemble

Directed by
John Greyson

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Michel Marc Bouchard		play "Les Feluettes, ou La Répétition d'un drame romantique"
Michel Marc Bouchard		screenplay

Produced by
Robin Cass	....	producer
Arnie Gelbart	....	producer
Anna Stratton	....	producer

Original Music by
Mychael Danna

Cinematography by
Daniel Jobin

Film Editing by
André Corriveau

Casting by
Dorothy Gardner

Production Design by
Sandra Kybartas

Art Direction by
Marie-Carole de Beaumont

Set Decoration by
Mario Hervieux		(head set decorator)
Sonia Venne

Costume Design by
Linda Muir

Makeup Department
Réjean Forget	....	hair stylist
Liz Gruszka	....	assistant makeup artist (as Elizabeth Gruskza)
Ginette Lajeunesse	....	assistant hair stylist
Martin Lapointe	....	hair stylist: extras
Stephen Lynch	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Marie-Hélène Coutu	....	unit manager
Alain Labrosse	....	assistant unit manager
Muriel Lizé	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Normand Labelle	....	second assistant director
Simon-Édouard Pilon	....	third assistant director (as Simon Edouard Pilon)
Louis-Philippe Rochon	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Serge Archambault	....	head scenic painter
Les Ateliers	....	construction coordinator
Eric Aubuchon	....	props buyer
René Brisebois	....	props designer
René Brisebois	....	props fabricator
Fabrice Callegher	....	swing crew
Bruno Caroît	....	cabinet maker
Benoit Chabot	....	draftsperson
Bruce Emo	....	backdrops: chapel
Roge Francoeur	....	acrostat fabrication (as Roger Francoeur)
Julie Gibb	....	title design
Atelier Jean Marie Guay	....	props designer (as Atelier J.M. Guay)
Atelier Jean Marie Guay	....	props fabricator (as Atelier J.M. Guay)
Étienne Lapointe-Proulx	....	property master
Jean Larose	....	scenic painter
Blaise Lefebvre	....	assistant property master
Josée Létourneau	....	scenic artist
Alain Martineau	....	scenic painter
Annie Morin	....	backdrops: photographer (as Anne Morin)
Christian Morrison	....	title design
Frank Mulvey	....	backdrops: auditorium
Gilles Perron	....	props designer
Gilles Perron	....	props fabricator
Steve Ward	....	swing crew

Sound Department
Marc H. Beaulieu	....	boom operator
Diane Boucher	....	adr editor: Montréal
Don Cohen	....	location sound mixer
Christian T. Cooke	....	adr mixer
Tony Currie	....	adr editor: Toronto
Keith Elliott	....	sound re-recording mixer
Richard Harkness	....	sound effects editor (as Rich Harkness)
Bradford L. Hohle	....	dolby stereo consultant
Janice Ierulli	....	dialogue editor
Mishann Lau	....	dialogue assistant
Brent MacLeod	....	central boom operator
Sarah Minas	....	foley assistant
Daniel Pellerin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Donna Powell	....	foley artist
Scott Purdy	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Rose	....	foley recordist
Bruno Ruffolo	....	adr recordist
Scott Shepherd	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jane Tattersall	....	sound designer
Richard Tay	....	sound recording engineer
Brad Thornton	....	central boom operator
Robert Warchol	....	sound effects assistant
Don White	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Pierre 'Bill' Rivard	....	special effects (as Pierre Rivard)

Visual Effects by
Rick Hannigan	....	opticals

Stunts
Stéphane Lefebvre	....	stunt coordinator (as Stephane Lefebvre)

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Bruce Baylis	....	best boy
Claude Beauchamp	....	clapper leader
Yvan Bourdages	....	camera operator: second unit
Mike Dahan	....	electrician (as Mike 'Hammer' Dahan)
Byrd Dickens	....	best boy (as Byrd 'Dog' Dickens)
Denis Gingras	....	focus puller
Rosario Huppé	....	generator operator
David Jones Patrick	....	key grip (as David J. Patrick)
Sylvain Labrecque	....	grip
Edward Mikolic	....	gaffer (as 'Fast Eddy' Mikolic)
Ryan Morey	....	camera trainee
Stefan Nitoslawski	....	camera operator: second unit
Jonathan Wenk	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Ginette Goulet	....	casting: Montréal

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Christine Audet	....	cutter
Isabel Camillieri	....	cutter
Luc Deguise	....	wardrobe assistant
Caroline Fodor	....	seamstress
Shona Humphrey	....	seamstress
Judy MacDougall	....	seamstress
Joanne Massingham	....	seamstress
Dee Megot	....	cutter
Khahn Ho Nguyen	....	seamstress (as Khahn Nguyen)
Nhan Nguyen	....	seamstress
Sue Seto	....	seamstress
Sidney Sproule	....	wardrobe mistress
Joanne M. Sugg	....	wardrobe assistant (as Joanne Sugg)

Editorial Department
Jean-Bernard Brault	....	computer support
Vaughan Killin	....	color timer
Bernard Lapointe	....	on-line editor
Jean-François Laprise Jr.	....	assistant editor (as Jean-François Laprise)
Julie Monette	....	on-line editor
Catherine Rankin	....	negative cutter

Music Department
David Bottrill	....	music recordist
Kenan Burrows	....	musician: boy soprano
Roderick Deogrades	....	music editor
Chris Ekers	....	music recordist
Jerome Godbout	....	musician: harmonica
Robert Grim	....	musician: trumpet
Kirk Heatherington	....	musician: cello
The Hilliard Ensemble	....	choir
Jeremy MacLaverty	....	music digital editor
Daniel Pellerin	....	music mixer

Transportation Department
Daniel Leduc	....	driver
Michel Pelletier	....	driver: office

Other crew
Stephanie Allaire	....	production secretary
André Beaulieu	....	daily crew
Jean Brien	....	production accountant
Heather Brown	....	production staff: Triptych Media
Simon-Pierre Bélanger	....	daily crew
Frédéric Chamberland	....	daily crew
Bertrand Charette	....	daily crew
Brigitte Charland	....	trainee script
Emmanuel Cote	....	daily crew (as Emmanuel Ponzoni)
Serge Coté	....	daily crew
Gaston Cousineau	....	production staff: Galafilm
Anne Laure Debay	....	craft service (as Anne-Laure Debay)
Siobhan Devine	....	production intern
Jacques Diamond	....	daily crew
Benoit Falardeau	....	location scout assistant
Marie-Claude Fortin	....	production coordinator
Anik Fournier	....	production accountant
Jean-François Fournier	....	daily crew
John Frizzell	....	script consultant
Linda Gaboriau	....	screenplay: English version
Marie-Hélène Gaboury	....	location scout assistant
Samuel Gagnon	....	production assistant
Serge Gareau	....	daily crew
Linda Garfield	....	production staff: Triptych Media
Marc-André Gaudreault	....	craft service
Alain Gaumond	....	choreographer
Carole Gladu	....	production staff: Galafilm
Lorraine Jamison	....	unit publicist
Daniel Juneau	....	production assistant
Peter S. Kreiger	....	daily crew
François Lachance	....	daily crew
Martin Lapointe	....	daily crew
Christine Laurin	....	daily crew
Jacqueline Lyanga	....	production staff: Triptych Media
Sabrina Mathews	....	production staff: Galafilm
Claudette Messier	....	script supervisor
Michel Notaro	....	daily crew
Robert Packwood	....	daily crew
Janine Pearson	....	dialogue coach
Roch Plante	....	daily crew
Marie Potvin	....	location scout
Julie Racine	....	production staff: Galafilm
Claude Reimnitz	....	daily crew
Nicholas Sisto	....	daily crew
Madeleine Tremblay	....	daily crew
Robert Vienneau	....	daily crew
Sylvia Wilson	....	production staff: Galafilm

Thanks
Serge Alary	....	thanks
Stephen Andrews	....	thanks
Frederick Angus	....	thanks
Salah Bachir	....	special thanks: art department
Thomas Berner	....	thanks (as Tom Berner)
Fabienne Bilodeau	....	thanks
Stephen Bogaert	....	thanks
Madeleine Bouchard	....	thanks
René Bouchard	....	thanks
Jacques Bélanger	....	thanks
Becky Campbell	....	thanks
Colin Campbell	....	thanks
Dirk Campbell	....	thanks
Tom Campbell	....	thanks
Luc Campeau	....	thanks
Paul Carrière	....	thanks
Martha Carter	....	thanks
Boyd Dawe	....	thanks: B.S. Electrique (as Boys Dawe)
Dennis Day	....	thanks
Hervé de Fontenay	....	thanks
Marie Francine Des Landes	....	thanks
Noski Deville	....	thanks
Tim Duncan	....	thanks
Vittorio Fiorucci	....	thanks
Stan Ford	....	thanks
Nathalie Goodwin	....	thanks
David Gould	....	thanks
Mark Hammond	....	thanks
Paul Hasick	....	thanks
Ross Higgins	....	thanks
David Hill	....	thanks
Stephen Hues	....	thanks
Paul LaChance	....	thanks
David Langer	....	thanks
Owen Leech	....	thanks
Catherine Martin	....	thanks
Jackie Maxwell	....	thanks
Katija Mohideen	....	thanks
Alexandra Murman	....	thanks
Toireasa NicCanna	....	thanks
Sylvie Perron	....	thanks
Clifford Pinhey	....	thanks
François Reid	....	thanks
Lucie Robitaille	....	thanks (as Lucy Robitaille)
François Séguin	....	thanks
Mario Theriault	....	thanks
François Trottier	....	thanks
Maggie Warwick	....	thanks
Tom Waugh	....	thanks
Jim Wilson	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Galafilm Productions
• Triptych Media

Distributors

• Alliance Atlantis Communications (1996) (Canada) (all media)
• Turbulent Arts (1997) (USA)
• Wolfe Video

Special Effects

• Intrigue (special effects)

Other Companies

• Betonel  thanks
• Brevauges Nora - Eau Naya  thanks
• Canadian Film Centre (CFC)  thanks
• Casablanca Sound Services  foley/adr studio: Toronto
• Chris Stone Audio Productions  additional music
• DeLuxe Toronto  foley/adr studio: Toronto
• DeLuxe Toronto  re-recording studios
• Film Opticals  opticals
• GreenStreet Design  titles
• Kodak Canada  film stock
• Le Monde sans fil  thanks
• Magenta Music International  thanks
• Montreal Film and Television Commission  thanks
• Real World Studios  thanks
• Studio Concept  adr studio: Montréal
• Tattersall Sound  sound editing
• The Priory, the Church of St. Mary and St. Blaise, Boxgrove  thanks
• Télépoint inc.  picture editing facilities
• Ville de Verdun, service de la prévention des incendice de la sécurité publique  thanks
• Winchester Cathedral Choir  thanks

Also Known As:

"Lilies - Les feluettes" - Canada (original title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality and nudity

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:15 | Australia:M | Germany:12 | USA:R

Company:

Galafilm Productions

Quotes:

[first lines]
Chaplain:The confession will take place in the chapel.

Excellent cinematography, musical score, casting and story.

Luscious cinematography, soulful musical score, terrific casting, and limited use of revelatory flashbacks to dramatize the theme of societally-defined mores and criminal behavior. Artistic and judicious use of nudity and sexuality to illustrate the dilemmas of public versus private morality.