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Before Night Falls

The life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas.

Director

Julian Schnabel

Year

2000

Genre

biography, drama, romance

Box Office

$4,242,892

Production

El Mar Pictures,Grandview Pictures

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 15 wins & 23 nominations total

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Reinaldo's Mother

Olatz López Garmendia

Young Reinaldo

Giovani Florido

Reinaldo's Grandmother

Loló Navarro

Reinaldo's Father

Batan Silva

Teacher

Carmen Beato

Smallest School Child

Cy Schnabel

Smallest School Child

Olmo Schnabel

Teenage Reinaldo

Vito Schnabel

Reinaldo's Grandfather

Carlos

Lolin

Cuco Sanchez

Professor

Translator

Pretty Blonde Student

Ewa Piaskowska

Reinaldo Arenas

Javier Bardem

María Teresa Freye de Andrade

Patricia Reyes Spíndola

Heberto Zorilla Ochoa

Virgilio Piñera

Pepe Malas

Woman in car #1

Woman in car #2

Tomas Diego

Faustino

Girl With Keys

Landlady

Woman - UNEAC

Nightclub Singer

Valeria

Lazaro Gomez Carilles

Jose Lezama Lima

Nicolas Abreu

Maria Luisa Lima

Juann Abreu

Jose Abreu

Recruit Driver

Blonde on the beach

Royal Gay

French Tourist

Santería Dancer

Violent Soldier

Prosecutor

Fina Zorilla Ochoa

Jorge Camacho

Margarita Camacho

Marisol Padilla Sánchez

Kid with Kite

Jorge Zamora

Policeman on beach

Noel Medina

State Security on beach

Jorge Zepeda

Teenager #1

Yulian Díaz

Teenager #2

Eduardo Arroyuelo

Stranger in Lenin Park

Antonio Zavala Kugler

State Security in Lenin Park

Young Man with bird

Antonio

Hungry Inmate

Gay Inmate

Singing Prisoner

Bon Bon

Guard at El Morro

Armando García

Blanca Romero

Dancer in the convent

Caridad Martinez

Zulema

Zulema Cruz

Blanca's Teenage Daughter

Annie Gil

Dwarf

Filiberto Estrella

Immigration Officer

Juan Cristóbal Murillo

Man at Mariel Harbor

Melanio Filiberto Hebra

Officer at Mariel Harbor

Mr. Greenberg

Mrs. Greenberg

Death

Orderly

Taxi Driver

Rudy

Self (anti-Marielito speech)

Fidel Castro

Student

Adrian Makala

Pedro the bus driver

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Reinaldo Arenas Reinaldo's Mother

01:01

As my mother smacked me she cursed

00:05

But I would like to be a writer

00:07

And the honourable mention goes to Reinaldo Arenas

01:06

What do you want Shut up

00:14

Leonardo da Vinci was homosexual

00:04

I don't believe that

00:13

The difference between the communist system

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The life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas.

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Director: Julian Schnabel

Writer: Cunningham O'Keefe, Lázaro Gómez Carriles, Julian Schnabel

Production: El Mar Pictures,Grandview Pictures

Genre: biography, drama, romance

Year: 2000

MetaScore: 85/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

BoxOffice: $4,242,892

Released: 23 Feb 2001

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 15 wins & 23 nominations total

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