Before Night Falls

Directed by: Julian Schnabel

6.7 302

2h 14m 9/3/00

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.

Cast

Reinaldo Arenas

Olivier Martinez

Lazaro Gomez Carilles

Bon Bon / Lieutenant Victor

Andrea Di Stefano

Santiago Magill

Héctor Babenco

Virgilio Pinera

Francisco Gattorno

Marisol Padilla Sánchez

Margarita Camacho

Michael Wincott

Herberto Zorilla Ochoa

Fina Zorilla Ochoa

Jerzy Skolimowski

Armando García

Vincent Laresca

Olatz López Garmendia

Reinaldo's Mother

Pedro the Bus Driver

Giovani Florido

Reinaldo's Grandmother

Reinaldo's Father

Smallest School Child

Smallest School Child

Teenage Reinaldo

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

Reinaldo's Grandfather

Aquiles Benites

Pretty Blonde Student

Patricia Reyes Spíndola

María Teresa Freye de Andrade

Woman in Car #1

Woman in Car #2

Eduardo Antonio

Nightclub Singer

Stella Schnabel

Manuel González

Jose Lezama Lima

Claudette Maillé

Maria Luisa Lima

Blonde on the Beach

Santería Dancer

Violent Soldier

Policeman on Beach

State Security on Beach

Eduardo Arroyuelo

Antonio Zavala Kugler

Stranger in Lenin Park

State Security in Lenin Park

Khotan Fernández

Young Man with Bird

Robertico Valdez

Singing Prisoner

Guard at El Morro

Caridad Martinez

Dancer in the Convent

Blanca's Teenage Daughter

Filiberto Estrella

Juan Cristóbal Murillo

Immigration Officer

Melanio Filiberto Hebra

Man at Mariel Harbor

Matthias Ehrenberg

Officer at Mariel Harbor

Esther G. Schnabel