Before Night Falls
Director: Julian Schnabel
Genre: LGBT, Biography, Gay Themed, Political drama, Gay, Gay Interest, Biopic [feature], Drama
Year: 2001
Country: United States of America
Language: Spanish Language, Russian Language, English Language, French Language
Starring: Javier Bardem, Andrea Di Stefano, Johnny Depp, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Manolo García, Vito Maria Schnabel, Santiago Magill, Hector Babenco, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Sean Penn, Sebastián Silva, Giovanni Florido, Michael Wincott, Diego Luna, Olatz López Garmendia, Lia Chapman, Loló Navarro, Olivier Martinez, Jerzy Skolimowski
Before Night Falls is a 2000 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 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
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