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When Night Is Falling (1995)

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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

R, 1 hr. 22 min.

Drama, Romance, Gay & Lesbian

Patricia Rozema

Feb 5, 2008

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All Critics (21) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (8)

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.

February 13, 2001 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment
Los Angeles Times
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When Night is Falling has too many unintended laughs for its passion to be convincing.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment
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Rozema is a fabulist with a strong visual sense, and she creates a distinctive, enclosed world to illustrate Camille's odyssey.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
San Francisco Chronicle
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Symbols are supposed to be subtle, but Rozema is intent upon bludgeoning the audience with them.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews | Comment
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The film is intelligent, sensitive and in its own uniquely quiet way quite a delicious treat.

October 2, 2005 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
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A well-done portrait of a person who has to come to grips with the fact that love, while a many-splendoured thing, is also extremely unpredictable.

December 18, 2002 Comment
Needcoffee.com

Those looking for an earnest depiction (and one that doesn't wallow in the seemingly inherent 'leering' of similar films), it's probably worthy of a look.

December 5, 2002 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
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Powerful film that beautifully choreographs the potencies of sexual desire in a woman who has put too much emphasis upon her mind.

August 22, 2002 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | Comment
Spirituality and Practice

When compared to such incisive lesbian dramas as Lianna and Desert Hearts, Rozema's effort seems flat and banal.

June 5, 2002 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | Comment
Boxoffice Magazine

A seductive, sensuous experience.

January 1, 2000 Comment
Jam! Movies

Camille's motivation is a complete mystery to us.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
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Audience Reviews for When Night Is Falling

It is good, entertaining and even sexy. But there isn't much content beyond the unequal romance. However, it's always refreshing to see a likeable, non-psychotic lesbian couple on film. And the actresses have excellent chemistry.

March 26, 2006
InaHH

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I stumbled across this movie by accident. I watched it and fell in love with it and not because of the lesbian thing, the story was rich and it touched me. Awesome movie, I'll add it to my collection if I can find it."

July 3, 2009
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