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Before
Night Falls (2001) |
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133
minutes
Rated: R
Country: US
Studio: New Line
Cast: Javier Bardem, Olivier
Martinez, Johnny Depp, Andrea
DiStefano, Sean Penn, Michael
Wincott, Hector Babenco, Jerzy
Skolimowski
Director: Julian Schnabel
Screenwriter: Reinaldo
Arenas, Lazaro Gomez Carilles,
Cunningham O'Keefe |
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The life of Reinaldo Arenas, an
exiled Cuban homosexual writer, is
chronicled in an adaptation of his
memoir BEFORE NIGHT FALLS, directed
by Julian Schnabel (BASQUIAT).
Javier Bardem (in an Oscar-nominated
performance) portrays Arenas as he
journeys from poverty to university
to the sexual revolution and
homosexual subculture in Havana to
persecution and imprisonment under
the policies of Fidel Castro for
being both gay and a writer. Despite
the harsh conditions of prison, the
courageous Arenas continued not only
to write but also to publish his
works abroad. Ultimately, he was
allowed to leave Cuba for America,
but there he faced new struggles as
a man without a country battling
AIDS. Johnny Depp is featured in the
dual supporting roles of the
cross-dressing prison inmate, Bon
Bon, and the brutal officer,
Lieutenant Victor. A well-disguised
Sean Penn appears as Cuco Sanchez. |
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