Film
Before Night Falls
2000 · 2h 14m · Drama
- IMDb
- 7.1
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 74%
- Metacritic
- 85
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Overview
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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Cast
Javier Bardem
Reinaldo Arenas
Olivier Martinez
Lazaro Gomez Carilles
Johnny Depp
Bon Bon / Lieutenant Victor
Andrea Di Stefano
Pepe Malas
Santiago Magill
Tomas Diego
John Ortiz
Juan Abreu
Héctor Babenco
Virgilio Pinera
Francisco Gattorno
Jorge Camacho
Marisol Padilla Sánchez
Margarita Camacho
Michael Wincott
Herberto Zorilla Ochoa
Sean Penn
Cuco Sanchez
Najwa Nimri
Fina Zorilla Ochoa
Diego Luna
Carlos
Diahnne Abbott
Blanca Romero
Jerzy Skolimowski
Professor
Alfredo Villa
Armando García
Crew
- Julian SchnabelDirector · Executive Producer · Writer
- Cunningham O'KeefeWriter
- Lázaro Gómez CarrilesWriter
- Reinaldo ArenasNovel
- Jon KilikProducer
- Olatz López GarmendiaExecutive Producer
- Xavier GrobetDirector of Photography
- Guillermo RosasDirector of Photography
- Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
- Michael BerenbaumEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 3, 2000
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 2h 14m
- Rated
- R
- Revenue
- $8,524,534
- Genres
- Drama
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