Before Night Falls
2000 | 134m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Julian Schnabel |
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| Writer: | Julian Schnabel, Cunningham O'Keefe, Lázaro Gómez Carriles, Reinaldo Arenas |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 03, 2000 |
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| Director: | Julian Schnabel |
| Writer: | Julian Schnabel, Cunningham O'Keefe, Lázaro Gómez Carriles, Reinaldo Arenas |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | suicide, new york city, cuba, aids, totalitarian regime, artist, hot air balloon, exile, attempt to escape, biography, fidel castro, cuban revolution, male homosexuality, author, oppression, lgbt |
| Production Companies | El Mar Pictures, Grandview Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $8,524,534
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Javier Bardem | Reinaldo Arenas |
| Olivier Martinez | Lazaro Gomez Carilles |
| Johnny Depp | Bon Bon / Lieutenant Victor |
| Andrea Di Stefano | Pepe Malas |
| Santiago Magill | Tomas Diego |
| John Ortiz | Juan Abreu |
| Héctor Babenco | Virgilio Pinera |
| Francisco Gattorno | Jorge Camacho |
| Marisol Padilla Sánchez | Margarita Camacho |
| Michael Wincott | Herberto Zorilla Ochoa |
| Sean Penn | Cuco Sanchez |
| Najwa Nimri | Fina Zorilla Ochoa |
| Diego Luna | Carlos |
| Diahnne Abbott | Blanca Romero |
| Jerzy Skolimowski | Professor |
| Alfredo Villa | Armando García |
| Rene Rivera | Recruit Driver |
| Maurice Compte | Nicolas Abreu |
| Vincent Laresca | Jose Abreu |
| Olatz López Garmendia | Reinaldo's Mother |
| Nemo Librizzi | Pedro the Bus Driver |
| Giovani Florido | Young Reinaldo |
| Loló Navarro | Reinaldo's Grandmother |
| Batan Silva | Reinaldo's Father |
| Carmen Beato | Teacher |
| Cy Schnabel | Smallest School Child |
| Olmo Schnabel | Smallest School Child |
| Vito Schnabel | Teenage Reinaldo |
| Pedro Armendáriz Jr. | Reinaldo's Grandfather |
| Lia Chapman | Lolin |
| Aquiles Benites | Translator |
| Ewa Piaskowska | Pretty Blonde Student |
| Patricia Reyes Spíndola | María Teresa Freye de Andrade |
| Marlene Díaz | Woman in Car #1 |
| Olga Borayo | Woman in Car #2 |
| Manolo García | Faustino |
| Lola Schnabel | Girl With Keys |
| Ofelia Medina | Landlady |
| Lois Barragán | Woman - UNEAC |
| Eduardo Antonio | Nightclub Singer |
| Stella Schnabel | Valeria |
| Manuel González | Jose Lezama Lima |
| Claudette Maillé | Maria Luisa Lima |
| Chanel Puertas | Blonde on the Beach |
| Manolo Rivero | Royal Gay |
| Andrea Fassler | French Tourist |
| Magda | Santería Dancer |
| Julian Bucio | Violent Soldier |
| Jorge Zárate | Prosecutor |
| Jorge Zamora | Kid with Kite |
| Noel Medina | Policeman on Beach |
| Jorge Zepeda | State Security on Beach |
| Yulian Díaz | Teenager #1 |
| Eduardo Arroyuelo | Teenager #2 |
| Antonio Zavala Kugler | Stranger in Lenin Park |
| Eloy Ganuza | State Security in Lenin Park |
| Khotan Fernández | Young Man with Bird |
| René Pereyra | Antonio |
| Abel Woolrich | Hungry Inmate |
| Mario Oliver | Gay Inmate |
| Robertico Valdez | Singing Prisoner |
| Claudio Osoria | Guard at El Morro |
| Caridad Martinez | Dancer in the Convent |
| Zulema Cruz | Zulema |
| Annie Gil | Blanca's Teenage Daughter |
| Filiberto Estrella | Dwarf |
| Juan Cristóbal Murillo | Immigration Officer |
| Melanio Filiberto Hebra | Man at Mariel Harbor |
| Matthias Ehrenberg | Officer at Mariel Harbor |
| Jack Schnabel | Mr. Greenberg |
| Esther G. Schnabel | Mrs. Greenberg |
| Xavier Domingo | Death |
| Eric Springer | Orderly |
| Jimmy Nugent | Taxi Driver |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Julian Schnabel | Director, Writer |
| Carter Burwell | Original Music Composer |
| Cunningham O'Keefe | Writer |
| Jana Boková | Documentation & Support |
| Guillermo Rosas | Director of Photography |
| Antonio Muñohierro | Art Direction |
| Salvador Parra | Production Design |
| Michael Berenbaum | Editor |
| Laurie Friedman | Set Decoration |
| Lázaro Gómez Carriles | Writer |
| Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
| Xavier Grobet | Director of Photography |
| María Estela Fernández | Costume Design |
| Lupita Peckinpah | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Reinaldo Arenas | Novel |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Matthias Ehrenberg | Producer |
| Olatz López Garmendia | Executive Producer |
| Jon Kilik | Producer |
| Julian Schnabel | Executive Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 10 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 11 |
| 2024 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 9 |
| 2024 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 10 |
| 2024 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 8 |
| 2024 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 6 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 6 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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