Before Night Falls (film)
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| Directed by | Julian Schnabel |
| Produced by | Jon Kilik |
| Screenplay by | Cunningham O'Keefe Lázaro Gómez Carriles Julian Schnabel |
| Based on |
Before Night Falls by Reynaldo Arenas |
| Starring |
Javier Bardem Olivier Martinez Johnny Depp Héctor Babenco |
| Music by | Carter Burwell |
| Cinematography |
Xavier Pérez Grobet Guillermo Rosas |
| Edited by | Michael Berenbaum |
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El Mar Pictures
Grandview Pictures |
| Distributed by | Fine Line Features |
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Running time
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133 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English Spanish Russian French |
| Box office | $8,527,517 |
Before Night Falls is a 2000 American drama film directed by Julian Schnabel. The screenplay is based on the autobiography of the same name of Reinaldo Arenas, which was published in English in 1993. The screenplay was written by Schnabel, Cunningham O'Keefe, and Lázaro Gómez Carriles. The film stars Javier Bardem, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, Johnny Depp, Olivier Martinez, Andrea Di Stefano, Santiago Magill, and Michael Wincott.
The film had its world premiere at the 2000 Venice International Film Festival and its North American premiere at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival.
Before Night Falls is based on the autobiography of the same name by Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas. In the film, Arenas, who was openly gay, is born in Oriente in 1943 and raised by his single mother and her parents, who soon move the entire family to Holguín. After moving to Havana in the sixties to continue his studies, Reinaldo begins to explore his ambitions, as well as his sexuality. After receiving an honorary mention in a writing contest, Arenas is offered the chance to publish his first work. Through his work and friendships with other openly gay men (such as Pepe Malas and Tomas Diego), Arenas manages to find himself.
The political climate in Cuba becomes increasingly dangerous, and in the early seventies Arenas is arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting minors, and for publishing abroad without official consent. In the next decade, Arenas is in and out of prison, attempting and failing to leave the country several times.
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