An unlikely encounter between a circus performer and a college professor blooms into a passionate and surreal affair in this lesbian classic film from director Patricia Rosema. One of the most overtly sexual lesbian films of the decade, When Night is Falling is a modern day fairy tale of opposites attracting in a magical love affair.
A professor of mythology at a conservative religious college, Camille (Pascale Bussières) is on track to live a typical straight life. Engaged to be married to her minister boyfriend (Henry Czerny), Camille looks forward to settling down, forwarding her career and living the family life. Her white picket fence life, however, is about to take a radical turn.

A random encounter with a beautiful, young circus performer named Petra (Rachael Crawford) jolts Camille's life upside down. The sensous Petra leads Camille down a path of erotic adventure and forbidden. Torn between a stable, comfortable existence with her fiancée and the passionate embrace of Petra, Camille is left bewildered by the conflicting possibilities of her future.

Luscious cinematography and incredibly erotic scenes of intimacy trasform When Night is Falling from a typical lesbian romantic film into a movie worthy of becoming a lesbian classic.

A worthy follow-up to her 1987 film I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, When Night is Falling secures Patricia Rosema as a director with the vision to touch both women's hearts and minds.