Before Night Falls (2000)

Directed by

Julian Schnabel

Genre

drama film, biographical film, romance film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 08m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 307 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Cuban writer named Reinaldo Arenas faces persecution for his homosexuality and political views under the Castro regime. The film follows his struggles to create art and find love while being censored and imprisoned. It is based on his own autobiography.

poignantlyricaldefiantintimatemelancholicunflinchingmeditative

What happens

Before Night Falls is a 2000 American biographical drama film directed by Julian Schnabel. The film is based on both the autobiography of the same name by Reinaldo Arenas—published in English in 1993—as well as Jana Boková's 1990 documentary Havana. The screenplay was co-written by Schnabel, Lázaro Gómez Carriles and Cunningham O'Keefe. The film stars Javier Bardem (in his international film debut), Johnny Depp, Olivier Martinez, Andrea Di Stefano, Santiago Magill and Michael Wincott. The film had its world premiere at the 57th Venice International Film Festival. At the 71st Academy Awards, Bardem was nominated for Best Actor, becoming the first Spanish performer to do so. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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