When Night Is Falling

Offbeat tale of attraction between Camille, a discontented college professor, and Petra, a circus performer. Camille is compelled to choose between the woman she wants and the man she has loved., An engaged professor at strict Protestant college has a same-sex affair with a beautiful, if predatory, trapeze artist., This Canadian drama tells the tale of Camille, who works at an uptight Protestant college as a professor of mythology. She has been going out with career theologian Martin for three years, but it appears her real true love is her dog, Bob. Bob dies in a tragic car accident and poor Camille is devastated. She is so upset that she grabs the wrong clothes from the laundromat. The clothes belong to the beautifully predatory Petra. Camille discovers the error and returns them to Petra’s workplace, an avant-garde circus in an empty warehouse where Petra confesses that she switched them on purpose so she could seduce Camille. Camille demurs. Petra begins following her, and gets to kiss her in the lobby. Eventually the persistent Petra succeeds and the two become lovers.