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