Where the Lilies Bloom is a 1974 American drama film directed by William A. Graham and starring Julie Gholson, Harry Dean Stanton, Rance Howard and Jan Smithers. Based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Bill and Vera Cleaver, it follows four underage siblings in Appalachia who attempt to conceal the death of their widowed father Roy to avoid being separated.

Plot

The Luther family are poor sharecroppers living in the mountains of North Carolina. The father, Roy Luther is sickly, and he asks the second eldest daughter, Mary Call, to take over his role of father when he passes on. He instructs her not to tell anyone when he dies as doctors, undertakers and preachers "just take money". Should the authorities discover he is dead, the children would be split up and put in foster homes since none of them are of legal age. Their landlord Kiser Pease is interested in marrying the eldest daughter Devola. Roy won't allow the marriage and he makes Mary Call promise she won't let it happen after he dies. Mary Call and younger brother Romey help Kiser when he is sick with pneumonia and Kiser agrees to sign the land back over to the Luther family.