When Night Is Falling

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When Night Is Falling

R,

1995,

1h 34m,

Drama/

LGBTQ+

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56%

18 Reviews

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80%

2,500+ Ratings

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56%

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18 Reviews

80%

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2,500+ Ratings

Camille (Pascale Bussières) is a mythology lecturer at a conservative Christian college. She's engaged to be married and is on the path to a stable career. But, when her dog dies, Camille finds her life unraveling. At a low ebb, she crosses paths with fiery circus performer Petra (Rachael Crawford) in a laundromat, and sparks fly. With Petra pursuing her ardently, Camille experiences a sexual awakening and must confront the daunting prospect of changing her entire existence.

Jack Mathews

Los Angeles Times

Feb 13, 2001

1/5

It is so focused on its own boldness, its dare-to-shock sensuality (the film got an NC-17 from the MPAA, but is being released unrated), that nothing else comes through.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

1.5/4

When Night is Falling has too many unintended laughs for its passion to be convincing.

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Edward Guthmann

San Francisco Chronicle

Jan 1, 2000

3/4

Rozema is a fabulist with a strong visual sense, and she creates a distinctive, enclosed world to illustrate Camille's odyssey.

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

Aug 16, 2024

Many of the themes that often reoccur in Rozema's films -- and her life -- are explored at length here, as the film ruminates on myths and Christianity, on human nature vs “moral law,” on acts of performing vs observing.

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Anne Stockwell

The Advocate

Apr 19, 2022

More eloquent than many a filmmaker with twice the financial resources, Rozema has created a joyous and entirely original portrait of the heavenly experience of coming out.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Oct 2, 2005

B+

The film is intelligent, sensitive and in its own uniquely quiet way quite a delicious treat.

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Jul 21, 2017

One of my absolute favorite films. Beautiful story. Interesting relationship between the women. I keep this film a secret to many and sometimes to myself just so I don't over saturate.

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Patricia Rozema

Director

Pascale Bussières

Camille Baker

Rachael Crawford

Petra

Henry Czerny

Martin

David Fox

Reverend DeBoer

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Synopsis

Camille (Pascale Bussières) is a mythology lecturer at a conservative Christian college. She's engaged to be married and is on the path to a stable career. But, when her dog dies, Camille finds her life unraveling. At a low ebb, she crosses paths with fiery circus performer Petra (Rachael Crawford) in a laundromat, and sparks fly. With Petra pursuing her ardently, Camille experiences a sexual awakening and must confront the daunting prospect of changing her entire existence.

Director: Patricia Rozema
Producer: Barbara Tranter
Screenwriter: Patricia Rozema
Distributor: October Films
Production Co: Crucial Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 17, 1995, Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 14, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $786.0K
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: Surround

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