Before Night Falls

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

Julian Schnabel Director, Executive Producer, Writer Lupita Peckinpah Wardrobe Assistant Ennio Morricone Original Music Composer Jana Boková Documentation & Support María Estela Fernández Costume Design Carter Burwell Original Music Composer Reinaldo Arenas Novel Xavier Grobet Director of Photography Jon Kilik Producer