Title | Before Night Falls |
Year | 2000 |
Time | 133 mins |
Genre | Biography; Drama |
Director | Julian Schnabel |
Edition | Special Edition |
Format | DVD |
Actor | Olatz Lopez Garmendia as Reinaldo's Mother; Giovanni Florido as Young Reinaldo; Lol� Navarro as Reinaldo's Grandmother; Batan Silva as Reinaldo's Father; Carmen Beato as Teacher; Cy Schnabel as Smallest School Child; Olmo Schnabel as Smallest School Child; Vito Schnabel as Teenage Reinaldo; Pedro Armend�riz Jr. as Reinaldo's Grandfather; Diego Luna as Carlos; Lia Chapman as Lolin; Sean Penn as Cuco Sanchez; Jerzy Skolimowski as Professor; Aquiles Benites as Translator; Ewa Piaskowska as Pretty Blonde Student |
Rating | R (Restricted) |
Cinematography | Xavier Grobet; Guillermo Rosas |
Language | English |
Plot | 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. |
Producer | Jon Kilik; Julian Schnabel |
Writer | Julian Schnabel; Reynaldo Arenas |
Subtitles | English; English (Closed Captioned); French; Spanish |