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The story follows Camille Baker, a reserved professor of mythology at a conservative Protestant college in Toronto.

Director Patricia Rozema consciously pushed back against the gritty realism common in 1990s queer cinema, opting instead for a highly stylized, magical-realist aesthetic.

At a local laundromat, she accidentally swaps laundry with Petra, a flamboyant, captivating performer in an avant-garde traveling circus.