When Night Is Falling VHS

When Night is Falling is easily one of the most romantic movies you are going to see about two women falling in love with each other in spite of the world around them. The lead actresses, Pascale Bussieres and Rachael Crawford give wonderful and believable performances as the main characters Camille and Petra.The romantic soft-focus cinematography and mellowy music that seems to be an overused cliche in most lesbian orientated genres is used superbly this time by its director, Patricia Rozema,who gives us a very colorful perspective of the "Land up North".I felt that there are many great scenes in this movie but the opening scene where we see the very straight-minded Camille having lesbian fantasties is probaly the most important scene because it establishes Camille's potential desire to be with other woman. These desires made the unlikely relationship between Camille and Petra(who is openly lesbian) much more plausible and believable.I also liked the fact that the movie at times did not take itself too seriously and mixed in some fun and interesting moments with Camille and Petra. I loved the acrobatic lovemaking scene with the carnival music and the two trapeze artists performing overhead but the scene at the laundry where Petra pulls the old "switch-charoo" is a classic...

I didn't watched a lot of lesbian movies maybe this is my second one.But I can say this is very artistic and is far from cheap erotic movie at all.The director is a female and she didn't showed nudity because she wanted to please the audience's eyes just like other male directors because they wanted to pull their attention for them to come to the theater or make them buy the dvd or rent the movie.She only show bed scene if really needed and in a very artistic way.I would call the bed scene as a pure work of art.Once with a male and maybe 2-3 times female-female (Pascale Bussières and Rachael Crawford).Racheael Crawford is a lesbian who is working for this circus and she happens to meet Pascale at the cpin laundry. Pascale was in a bad shape, she was kind of sick- and she helped her do the laundry and she felt in love righ away. To make possible to meet her again, she exchanged some of the laundry along with her busiess card inserted into her laudry bag.They meet again that way.Pascale Bussières strongly avoids when Rachael approaches as a lover at the beginning. She was a streight woman at all and for her she was so different.But in one way, she got her attention.Little by little she opens her mind and finally she make love with her.And one day when Pascale's boyfriend went on a business trip and came back, he traces her to the circus place where she was with Rachael all she being all naked with Rahael, he was shocked.They were just great. There was nothing wrong with the relationship between her and the boyfriend.The stoy seems pretty cliche but if you see the movie you will feel that the director made it look totally new and fresh by making the moody lights and soft music and great looking acress Pascale.As every lesbian girls, man usually doesn't like man part lesbian that much you know so did I didn't liked Rachael that much.She did looked and acted more like a male. I don't mean she looks like a man or she is ugly or anything but you will feel something masculine from her.Both acresses have great shape and theire bodies are work of art as if seeing some kind of wonderful picture. And that owe a lot from tecnique worked by the director and the cinematographer I guess.Above all this is not a thriller or pure erotic movie or even softcore.It's a love story between two women.If you are a man or a woman you will enjoy watching this movie because it's beautifully shot and the acting is good.

This is a Lesbian movie, filmed in Canada. The scenery is pure and beautiful. Don't skip the ending one. A dog struggled alive from the buried slow and ran away happily. This suggests the two females are happy together going from one town to another town in a circus trailer.A circus woman meets her female lovebird, a crying college professor in a Laundromat. She cries for the loss of her pet dog. This movie tells viewers that she tends to leave her middle aged boy friend. Of course, her decision cannot be final without the aggressive approach from hernew playmate. Take the time to enjoy it as a love story in gay relationship.Lighting and photography are bright and splendid. Female bodies are in the art form. Facial expression and touching strokes are true and simple. No pornography. Apart from the main theme, the college professor character can hardly be seen.

I dont know what it is about lesbian cinema. There is always some tragedy or a brick wall that stops anyone from being truly happy. Honestly makes me ill, please stop.This movie has a satisfying and realistic ending. You can really see the emotional struggle and self discovery she goes through this till the end. And their chemistry was amazing. They were complimentary I guess.The setting was accurate. Maybe a little tame for that time. Matthew Shephard was murdered three years after this movie was made. Brandon Teena was murdered a year or so before. This was a homophobic period before reconciliation and understanding. I just liked that there was conflict with everyone over homosexuality in this because of the lead.Also this has a happy ending. A romantic happy ending and has a higher production value and interesting characters. The whole bizarness of the canadian circus was a bit off putting for me. Just way over the top for a lead up to a tender moment. I felt like the production company hired the circus and wanted to use them in every possible shot.I consider this my second favorite movie under Imagine Me and You (Mainstream Lesbian Romantic Comedy which came out when the world needed a change from its hatred) . Doesnt follow tropes. Has a realistic relationship that isnt some bizarre tragic murder scene. And the attractiveness of the lead is real. I mean geesh she is a mythology professor and has a beautiful and innocent energy about her which fit her role.Anyways, this isnt an art house movie. Its not the typical lesbian tragedy. It was coherent and romantic. I recommend it.

Too cliched, a little too much character angst, some actors were poor actors. Nice ending though.

女性心理とでも言うのでしょうか？主人公の心の動きを感じるDVD。英語が分からなくても、流れを感じる事が出来て面白かった。

One reviewer has already commended this film for its happy ending, something that you don't always find in lesbian cinema. Indeed, it seemed so often just a dismally short while ago to be the cultural assumption that no relationship outside the mainstream could reasonably be expected to end well, and there are plenty of films where the consequent misery at the close of the story feels uncomfortably like some kind of a fateful punishment for aberration.What is notable about When Night Is Falling is that it is a genuine love film, and not only where the two protagonists are concerned. Every character in the story is drawn sympathetically and with love: the eccentric and unworldly pencil-seller, with her guileless delight in the habits of dogs; the incorrigibly (and rather druggedly) optimistic circus manager and his fraught, practical partner; Martin's sincerity, and his attempts to behave decently even under immense strain; the University Chaplain, trying and not quite succeeding at a moment of crisis to find a way through the narrow constraints of his theology. Even the severe and uncompromising views of the college board are expressed with a heartbreaking gentleness which one feels could so easily be more kindly directed. It is a very human portrayal all round, and its endearingly sentimental creators do their utmost to ensure that the story ends as well as it possibly can for everybody.The two main characters are delightful in their widely differing manner of naivety and unworldliness, and their essential goodness of nature is not at any time strained beyond breaking point by the tensions in the course of their developing love. And the cinematography and the music are truly beautiful throughout the film, which features one of the most unusual epiphany moments I've ever seen; a highly outlandish ballet about domestic drudgery to the magnificent music of Dvořák's rarely-played and sadly-underrated Fourth Symphony.If you're an exclusive fan of film noir, or like your romance gritty and unhappy, this film is not for you. For the rest of us incurable romantics, it's a must.

This is a beautiful film, beautifully acted, scripted and directed. The music is perfect for it too as is the photography. It's a wonderful storyline and is very sensitively handled where needed. It's quirky and serious and sensual all at the right times. The two lead actors are wonderfully matched and the supporting cast is class. It's become my favourite film of the genre.

I was looking forward to this but have to say I was disappointed. Neither of the characters - although both beautiful actresses - could engage my interest and I didn't really care what happened to them. That said, there are some lovely moments; it was just too 'arty' for my taste, and I hadn't expected it to be so. I will watch it again, though, because I often find that a second viewing enhances my enjoyment. But, for me, it didn't quite hit the spot.