Before Night Falls

2000

2h 14m

6.6(285 votes)

Drama

Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

74 members

Acting

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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Andrea Di Stefano

Pepe Malas

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Santiago Magill

Tomas Diego

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John Ortiz

Juan Abreu

Directing

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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Diego Luna

Carlos

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Diahnne Abbott

Blanca Romero

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Jerzy Skolimowski

Professor

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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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Carmen Beato

Teacher

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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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Lia Chapman

Lolin

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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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Costume & Make-Up

Manolo García

Faustino

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Lola Schnabel

Girl With Keys

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Ofelia Medina

Landlady

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Lois Barragán

Woman - UNEAC

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Eduardo Antonio

Nightclub Singer

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Stella Schnabel

Valeria

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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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Crew

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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Eduardo Arroyuelo

Teenager #2

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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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René Pereyra

Antonio

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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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Zulema Cruz

Zulema

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Annie Gil

Blanca's Teenage Daughter

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Filiberto Estrella

Dwarf

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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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Xavier Domingo

Death

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Eric Springer

Orderly

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Crew

Jimmy Nugent

Taxi Driver

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