Before Night Falls

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

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