Before Night Falls

Before Night Falls (2000)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2000-09-03
  • User Rating: 6.6/10 from 266 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 14min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: El Mar Pictures
  • Production Country: Mexico, United States of America
  • Director: Julian Schnabel
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Summary

Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.

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  • Javier Bardem

    as Reinaldo Arenas

  • Olivier Martinez

    as Lazaro Gomez Carilles

  • Johnny Depp

    as Bon Bon / Lieutenant Victor

  • Andrea Di Stefano

    as Pepe Malas

  • Santiago Magill

    as Tomas Diego

  • John Ortiz

    as Juan Abreu

  • Héctor Babenco

    as Virgilio Pinera

  • Francisco Gattorno

    as Jorge Camacho

  • Marisol Padilla Sánchez

    as Margarita Camacho

  • Michael Wincott

    as Herberto Zorilla Ochoa

  • Sean Penn

    as Cuco Sanchez

  • Najwa Nimri

    as Fina Zorilla Ochoa

  • Diego Luna

    as Carlos

  • Diahnne Abbott

    as Blanca Romero

  • Jerzy Skolimowski

    as Professor

  • Alfredo Villa

    as Armando García

  • Rene Rivera

    as Recruit Driver

  • Maurice Compte

    as Nicolas Abreu

  • Vincent Laresca

    as Jose Abreu

  • Olatz López Garmendia

    as Reinaldo's Mother

  • Nemo Librizzi

    as Pedro the Bus Driver

  • Giovani Florido

    as Young Reinaldo

  • Loló Navarro

    as Reinaldo's Grandmother

  • Batan Silva

    as Reinaldo's Father

  • Carmen Beato

    as Teacher

  • Cy Schnabel

    as Smallest School Child

  • Olmo Schnabel

    as Smallest School Child

  • Vito Schnabel

    as Teenage Reinaldo

  • Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

    as Reinaldo's Grandfather

  • Lia Chapman

    as Lolin

  • Aquiles Benites

    as Translator

  • Ewa Piaskowska

    as Pretty Blonde Student

  • Patricia Reyes Spíndola

    as María Teresa Freye de Andrade

  • Marlene Díaz

    as Woman in Car #1

  • Olga Borayo

    as Woman in Car #2

  • Manolo García

    as Faustino

  • Lola Schnabel

    as Girl With Keys

  • Ofelia Medina

    as Landlady

  • Lois Barragán

    as Woman - UNEAC

  • Eduardo Antonio

    as Nightclub Singer

  • Stella Schnabel

    as Valeria

  • Manuel González

    as Jose Lezama Lima

  • Claudette Maillé

    as Maria Luisa Lima

  • Chanel Puertas

    as Blonde on the Beach

  • Manolo Rivero

    as Royal Gay

  • Andrea Fassler

    as French Tourist

  • Magda

    as Santería Dancer

  • Julian Bucio

    as Violent Soldier

  • Jorge Zárate

    as Prosecutor

  • Jorge Zamora

    as Kid with Kite

  • Noel Medina

    as Policeman on Beach

  • Jorge Zepeda

    as State Security on Beach

  • Yulian Díaz

    as Teenager #1

  • Eduardo Arroyuelo

    as Teenager #2

  • Antonio Zavala Kugler

    as Stranger in Lenin Park

  • Eloy Ganuza

    as State Security in Lenin Park

  • Khotan Fernández

    as Young Man with Bird

  • René Pereyra

    as Antonio

  • Abel Woolrich

    as Hungry Inmate

  • Mario Oliver

    as Gay Inmate

  • Robertico Valdez

    as Singing Prisoner

  • Claudio Osoria

    as Guard at El Morro

  • Caridad Martinez

    as Dancer in the Convent

  • Zulema Cruz

    as Zulema

  • Annie Gil

    as Blanca's Teenage Daughter

  • Filiberto Estrella

    as Dwarf

  • Juan Cristóbal Murillo

    as Immigration Officer

  • Melanio Filiberto Hebra

    as Man at Mariel Harbor

  • Matthias Ehrenberg

    as Officer at Mariel Harbor

  • Jack Schnabel

    as Mr. Greenberg

  • Esther G. Schnabel

    as Mrs. Greenberg

  • Xavier Domingo

    as Death

  • Eric Springer

    as Orderly

  • Jimmy Nugent

    as Taxi Driver
Directing Julian Schnabel Director
Sound Ennio Morricone Original Music Composer
Sound Carter Burwell Original Music Composer
Production Jon Kilik Producer
Production Julian Schnabel Executive Producer
Production Olatz López Garmendia Executive Producer
Production Matthias Ehrenberg Producer
Camera Xavier Grobet Director of Photography
Camera Guillermo Rosas Director of Photography
Editing Michael Berenbaum Editor
Art Salvador Parra Production Design
Art Antonio Muñohierro Art Direction
Art Laurie Friedman Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up María Estela Fernández Costume Design
Writing Cunningham O'Keefe Writer
Writing Lázaro Gómez Carriles Writer
Writing Julian Schnabel Writer
Crew Jana Boková Documentation & Support
Costume & Make-Up Lupita Peckinpah Wardrobe Assistant
Writing Reinaldo Arenas Novel

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