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Before Night Falls

66.24 %|Sep 3, 2000|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.

Featured Crew

Julian Schnabel
Director
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Carter Burwell
Original Music Composer
Jon Kilik
Producer
Julian Schnabel
Executive Producer
Olatz López Garmendia
Executive Producer
Matthias Ehrenberg
Producer
Xavier Grobet
Director of Photography

Cast

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Javier Bardem
Reinaldo Arenas
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Olivier Martinez
Lazaro Gomez Carilles
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Johnny Depp
Bon Bon / Lieutenant Victor
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Santiago Magill
Tomas Diego
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John Ortiz
Juan Abreu
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Héctor Babenco
Virgilio Pinera
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Francisco Gattorno
Jorge Camacho
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Marisol Padilla Sánchez
Margarita Camacho
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Michael Wincott
Herberto Zorilla Ochoa
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Sean Penn
Cuco Sanchez
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Najwa Nimri
Fina Zorilla Ochoa
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Diahnne Abbott
Blanca Romero
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Alfredo Villa
Armando García
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Rene Rivera
Recruit Driver
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Maurice Compte
Nicolas Abreu
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Vincent Laresca
Jose Abreu
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Olatz López Garmendia
Reinaldo's Mother
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Nemo Librizzi
Pedro the Bus Driver
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Giovani Florido
Young Reinaldo
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Loló Navarro
Reinaldo's Grandmother
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Batan Silva
Reinaldo's Father
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Cy Schnabel
Smallest School Child
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Olmo Schnabel
Smallest School Child
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Vito Schnabel
Teenage Reinaldo
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Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Reinaldo's Grandfather
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Aquiles Benites
Translator
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Ewa Piaskowska
Pretty Blonde Student
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Patricia Reyes Spíndola
María Teresa Freye de Andrade
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Marlene Díaz
Woman in Car #1
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Olga Borayo
Woman in Car #2
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Lola Schnabel
Girl With Keys
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Lois Barragán
Woman - UNEAC
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Eduardo Antonio
Nightclub Singer
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Manuel González
Jose Lezama Lima
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Claudette Maillé
Maria Luisa Lima
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Chanel Puertas
Blonde on the Beach
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Manolo Rivero
Royal Gay
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Andrea Fassler
French Tourist
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Magda
Santería Dancer
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Julian Bucio
Violent Soldier
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Jorge Zárate
Prosecutor
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Jorge Zamora
Kid with Kite
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Noel Medina
Policeman on Beach
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Jorge Zepeda
State Security on Beach
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Yulian Díaz
Teenager #1
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Antonio Zavala Kugler
Stranger in Lenin Park
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Eloy Ganuza
State Security in Lenin Park
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Khotan Fernández
Young Man with Bird
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Abel Woolrich
Hungry Inmate
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Mario Oliver
Gay Inmate
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Robertico Valdez
Singing Prisoner
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Claudio Osoria
Guard at El Morro
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Caridad Martinez
Dancer in the Convent
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Annie Gil
Blanca's Teenage Daughter
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Juan Cristóbal Murillo
Immigration Officer
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Melanio Filiberto Hebra
Man at Mariel Harbor
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Matthias Ehrenberg
Officer at Mariel Harbor
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Jack Schnabel
Mr. Greenberg
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Esther G. Schnabel
Mrs. Greenberg
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Jimmy Nugent
Taxi Driver