Andrew Dolan, a veteran character actor with tons of impressive film and television credits (including ‘The Blacklist,’ ‘The Americans’ and ‘The Good Wife’ – among many others), made his screenwriting debut with this deliberately strange, but deeply heartfelt four-minute short film.
Dolan stars in Lillies in the Forest as an unnamed, flamboyantly dressed man waiting on a subway platform. Once he boards the train, he sets his eyes on seemingly gruff jock seated near the exit.
With his dirty, cracked fingers, baseball gear and sleeveless shirt that reads ‘dirtbag crew,’ he doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who will return our hero’s affections.
When the pair bond over their mutual affection for screen legend Myrna Loy, however, it sets off a surreal chain reaction that turns their ordinary commute into the low-key romantic musical of their dreams.
Watch a short trailer for Lillies in the Forest below. The full four-minute short film is now available to stream on Dekkoo.
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