Before Night Falls

6.6

2000

134 min

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....

Type: Movie
Status: Released
Country: Mexico, United States of America
Genre: Drama
Release: 2000-09-03
Production: El Mar Pictures • Grandview Pictures

Cast

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

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