Thursday, March 9 / 7:00 pm / Ottawa Art Gallery

Program: When Night Is Falling
Guest: Patricia Rozema, director and writer

Feature presentation \

change \ love \ personal rebirth

Long considered to be a pivotal addition to the LGTBQ+ canon, the film centres on the story of Camille (Pascale Bussières), a professor at a Protestant college who is engaged to Martin (Henry Czerny), a respected minister and fellow professor. As ‘career Christians’ they are urged to get married so that they can become co-chaplains of the New College of Faith. When Camille meets Petra (Rachel Crawford), a wry and flamboyant performer in a modern Felliniesque circus troupe, she is inexplicably drawn. Camille pursues this sensual, dream-like woman, throwing her whole conservative life, not to mention her engagement, into disarray. A Canadian classic that was in Official Competition at the 1995 Berlin International Film Festival, When Night Is Falling tells a lesbian story beautifully photographed by Douglas Koch, catching a romantic wintry Toronto landscape. “Rozema has created a joyous and entirely original portrait of the heavenly experience of coming out.” Anne Stockwell, The Advocate.

- Tom McSorley

Longtemps considéré comme un ajout pivot au canon LGTBQ+, le film est centré sur l’histoire de Camille (Pascale Bussières), une professeure au collège protestant fiancée à Martin (Henry Czerny), un pasteur respecté, lui aussi professeur. En tant que « chrétiens de carrière », ils sont vivement encouragés à se marier afin de pouvoir devenir coaumôniers du New College of Faith. Lorsque Camille rencontre Petra (Rachel Crawford), une acrobate sardonique et flamboyante d’une troupe de cirque moderne à la Fellini, elle est inexplicablement attirée. Camille décide de suivre cette femme de rêve sensuelle, laissant dans un état de désarroi toute sa vie conservatrice ainsi que son fiancé. 

- Tom McSorley (traduit par Jacinthe Grenier-Albert)

This program is presented in partnership with the Directors Guild of Canada.