Long considered to be a pivotal addition to the LGTBQ+ canon, the film follows Camille, a professor at a Protestant college who is engaged to 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, a wry and flamboyant performer in a modern Felliniesque circus troupe, she is inexplicably drawn to her. Camille pursues this sensual, dream-like woman, throwing her whole conservative life, not to mention her engagement, into disarray.
