Lilies
by Dave Moore, Roger Goldby
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Actor: Barry McCormick, Curtis Rivers, Eithne Browne, Georgia Taylor, Marie CritchleyDirector: Dave Moore, Roger Goldby
Brand: Acorn
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 467 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
Movie Reviews of Lilies
Movie Review: Gripping drama about three sisters in the post WW I period
Summary: 5 Stars
I happened to stumble on this mini-series on Netflix and I loved every moment of it! This is period drama at its best - the story centers around a lower income family in post WW I England. There is Dadda, the patriarch of the Moss clan, who is a widower [his wife mary having died 15 yrs past], his oldest daughter Iris, second daughter May, and twins Billy and Ruby. There was another son Walter who had died during the war. Together, the Moss family live through one crisis after another.
The center of the series is the lives of the three sisters - Iris is the oldest daughter who is selfless in her devotion to her family. She is the subsitute mother for the Moss family, and apart from making sure the house is taken care of and meals cooked, she also works for the local bakery, making chocolates and other confectionery. But Iris secretly yearns to be a wife and mother, and have a family of her own, something that comes within her reach when she is courted by the conjurer Domingo, who appears to be the perfect suitor, but who harbors a secret that shatters Iris' dreams of domestic bliss.iris also forms a close friendship with the parish priest who acts as confidante and friend to the Moss family, particularly Iris.
The second daughter May works as a maid for the rich Brazendales. Mrs Brazendale yearns to be a mother, but suffers one miscarriage after another. Mr Brazendale appears to be a charming gentleman, and May, who harbors dreams of making it into the pictures finds herself drawn to him, resulting in an affair that brings initial happpiness, only to result in May's shattered dreams, and tarnished reputation when she finds herself in the family way.
The third daughter Ruby is feisty and fiercely opinionated. Ruby's dreams of becoming an Olympic swimmer are shattered when she suffers an injury and she then becomes a corset saleswoman. Along the way, Ruby becomes fascinated and drawn to an upper class woman whose ideas of modernization, vegetarianism, and notions on sex education enthralls Ruby.
Ruby's twin brother Billy finds himself having a phobia of water after narrowly escaping death in the Battle of Jutland during the war. He also suffers from survivor's guilt and battles his confusion about his sexual identity.
The father Dadda Nelson is an intriguing character and played to perfection by the actor portraying him. He is at once a proud and loving dad, but can also become abusive and unyielding when his authority is challenged. Fiercely protective of his position as patriarch of the family, he detests any flaws in his children, failing to recognise the flaws in his own character.
This mini-series is truly engrossing. Each episode has a well-woven plot than trasnports you into the lives of the Moss family and their travails, and the attention to period details [the setting is post WW I] is authentic and wonderful. The score is beautiful as is the cinematography. The cast is simply excellent, there wasn't a performance I disliked, both main and fringe characters.
I have been a long-time fan of period dramas, and I have to say that Lilies truly is a gem that needs more exposure. I was very disappointed to find that there wasn't a Series 2 and hope they will come up with one soon for there are lots more stories to be told about the Moss'. Highly recommended!
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