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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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.
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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)
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