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