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Before Night Falls

Before Night Falls2000

★6.6134 minDrama

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.

Director

Julian Schnabel

Writer

Cunningham O'Keefe Lázaro Gómez Carriles Julian Schnabel Jana Boková

Score

Stars

Javier Bardem Olivier Martinez Johnny Depp

Cast74

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

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