When Night is Falling

When Night is Falling is a 1995 Canadian drama film directed by Patricia Rozema. The film stars Pascale Bussières as Camille Baker, a university literature professor at a religious college struggling with both her tenure-track career and her troubled relationship with fellow professor Martin (Henry Czerny). When a carnival subsequently comes to town, Camille is confused by her unexpected lesbian attraction to Petra (Rachael Crawford), a sexy, fre... more

When Night is Falling is a 1995 Canadian drama film directed by Patricia Rozema. The film stars Pascale Bussières as Camille Baker, a university literature professor at a religious college struggling with both her tenure-track career and her troubled relationship with fellow professor Martin (Henry Czerny). When a carnival subsequently comes to town, Camille is confused by her unexpected lesbian attraction to Petra (Rachael Crawford), a sexy, free-spirited circus performer. The cast also includes Don McKellar, Clare Coulter, Tracy Wright and Tom Melissis. When Night is Falling was given the NC-17 rating by the MPAA, but surrendered the rating and then released the movie unrated; it was later given an R about the time of its video release. The film makers appealed the NC-17 rating because of the highly negative stigma associated with NC-17 rated films, and because the NC-17 restricts the distribution and actual sales of such movies. When Night is Falling received mixed reviews: Siskel ... less