

Lilies Not for Me
Love cannot be cured.
Haunted by a forbidden affair, a young man in a 1920s “conversion” clinic finds hope in a compassionate nurse who challenges the era’s cruel norms.
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6.6/10
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- Language
- English
- lgbt
- tragic romance
- forced conversion
- 1920s
- forbidden sexuality
- genital mutilation
- conversion therapy
- gay romance
- experimental surgery
- gay theme
- queer history
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France, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNewFest: The 36th Annual New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival11 Oct 2024
United KingdomGB
- Premiere18Edinburgh International Film Festival16 Aug 2024
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMardi Gras Film Festival15 Feb 2025
BrazilBR
- Digital / OTT14Reserva Imovision19 Mar 2026
FranceFR
- Theatrical30 Apr 2025
GermanyDE
- Digital / OTT16Salzgeber Club13 Nov 2025
IndonesiaID
- Theatrical (limited)Special Screening16 Nov 2025
MacaoMO
- PremiereDMacao International Queer Film Festival31 May 2025
TaiwanTW
- PremiereKaohsiung Film Festival11 Oct 2025
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Lilies Not for Me was released on 30 April 2025.
Audience reviews
1- K7/10
kinrich30
8/29/2026
This was a disturbing period-piece movie set in the early 1900's about two gay, former college, friends that reunite after World War I. This movie is not a romance and it does not have a happy ending. It is a movie dealing with self-loathing, despair, hopelessness and it leaves you feeling sad, depressed and at times enraged. More so enraged as it was based on actual events that happened at that time. It does mak…
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