Before Night Falls (2000)

Mexico, United States of America

Drama

El Mar Pictures, Grandview Pictures

Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Johnny Depp, Andrea Di Stefano, Santiago Magill, John Ortiz

Julian Schnabel

Julian Schnabel, Cunningham O'Keefe, Lázaro Gómez Carriles

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new york city, suicide, aids, cuba, totalitarian regime, artist, hot air balloon, attempt to escape, exile, biography, fidel castro, cuban revolution, male homosexuality, author, oppression, lgbt

Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.

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