Before Night Falls (2000)

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Before Night Falls

ORIGINAL TITLE

Before Night Falls

YEAR

2000

RUNNING TIME

133 min.

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COUNTRY

DIRECTOR

Julian Schnabel

SCREENWRITER

Julian Schnabel & Cunningham O'Keefe (Autobiography: Reynaldo Arenas)

COMPOSER

Carter Burwell

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Xavier Pérez Grobet & Guillermo Rosas

CAST

Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Andrea Di Stefano, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, Michael Wincott, Vito Maria Schnabel, Najwa Nimri, Hector Babenco, Jerzy Skolimowsky

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Grandview Pictures Production

AWARDS

2000: Nominated for Oscar: Best Actor (Javier Bardem)
2000: Nominated for Golden Globe: Best Actor - Drama (Javier Bardem)
2000: 2 Awards National Board of Review: Libertad of expresión, Actor (Javier Bardem)
2000: 4 Awards in el Venice Film Festival, including Best Actor. 5 Nominations

GENRE

Drama | Biography. Gay & Lesbian

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

Episodic look at the life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990), from his childhood in Oriente province to his death in New York City. He joins Castro's rebels. By 1964, he is in Havana. He meets the wealthy Pepe, an early lover; a love-hate relationship lasts for years. Openly gay behavior is a way to spite the government. His writing and homosexuality get him into trouble: he spends two years in prison, writing letters for other inmates and smuggling out a novel. He befriends Lázaro Gomes Garriles, with whom he lives stateless and in poverty in Manhattan after leaving Cuba in the Mariel boat-lift. When asked why he writes, he replies cheerfully, "Revenge."

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