Camille and Petra couldn't be more different. One is an academic at a stern Protestant college on the verge of marriage to a 'career Christian', the other a member of a travelling avante-garde performance troupe. However Camiile's nuptual negotiations take a tumble after a chance encounter with Petra at the local laundrette, and the scence is set for seduction.

After much pussy-footing around, Camille trades her hang ups for hang gliding, forgoes her many safety nets and succumbs to freefalling passion; then the circus really comes to town as she must juggle her own desires with the demands of her miffed man and the reac­tions of Rev. DeBoer, her college dean-choices must be made.

Lush, romantic and ravishingly shot, the film is a radical departure from Rozema's earlier work yet retains the same quirky, off-beat humour and liberating spirit. A fanciful foray into lipstick lesbian lore, When Night is Falling is savvy and sexy as all hell.