Before Night Falls
Before Night Falls
Release: 2000-09-03
·Runtime: 134m
·★ 6.6
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
El Mar Pictures
Grandview Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Batan Silva
as Reinaldo's Father
Alfredo Villa
as Armando García
Patricia Reyes Spíndola
as María Teresa Freye de Andrade
Claudette Maillé
as Maria Luisa Lima
Eduardo Arroyuelo
as Teenager #2
Olmo Schnabel
as Smallest School Child
Johnny Depp
as Bon Bon / Lieutenant Victor
Rene Rivera
as Recruit Driver
Diahnne Abbott
as Blanca Romero
John Ortiz
as Juan Abreu
Marisol Padilla Sánchez
as Margarita Camacho
Diego Luna
as Carlos
Javier Bardem
as Reinaldo Arenas
Vito Schnabel
as Teenage Reinaldo
Ewa Piaskowska
as Pretty Blonde Student
Jorge Zárate
as Prosecutor
Santiago Magill
as Tomas Diego
Vincent Laresca
as Jose Abreu
Giovani Florido
as Young Reinaldo
Olivier Martinez
as Lazaro Gomez Carilles
Najwa Nimri
as Fina Zorilla Ochoa
Khotan Fernández
as Young Man with Bird
Francisco Gattorno
as Jorge Camacho
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
as Reinaldo's Grandfather
Ofelia Medina
as Landlady
Antonio Zavala Kugler
as Stranger in Lenin Park
Andrea Di Stefano
as Pepe Malas
Sean Penn
as Cuco Sanchez
Lia Chapman
as Lolin
Jerzy Skolimowski
as Professor
Maurice Compte
as Nicolas Abreu
Lola Schnabel
as Girl With Keys
Stella Schnabel
as Valeria
Héctor Babenco
as Virgilio Pinera
Michael Wincott
as Herberto Zorilla Ochoa
Carmen Beato
as Teacher
Crew
Julian Schnabel
Director, Executive Producer, Writer
Jon Kilik
Producer
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Carter Burwell
Original Music Composer
Reinaldo Arenas
Novel
Xavier Grobet
Director of Photography
Jana Boková
Documentation & Support
María Estela Fernández
Costume Design
Lupita Peckinpah
Wardrobe Assistant