Product Information
A dramatisation of the life and work of one of Cuba's most famous writers, Reinaldo Arenas. The story starts with his poverty stricken childhood through to his exile from Cuba.Product Identifiers
EAN5039036008822
eBay Product ID (ePID)3958972
Product Key Features
ActorJavier Bardem, Andrea Di Stefano, Najwa Nimri, Michael Wincott, Johnny Depp, Vito Schnabel, Sean Penn, Hector Babenco, Olivier Martinez
Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen\16:9 Wide Screen
Film/TV TitleBefore Night Falls
DirectorJulian Schnabel
Release Year2002
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
FeaturesWidescreen, Interactive Menus\Scene Access, Closed Caption
GenreDrama, General
Run Time128 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Number of Discs1
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
Additional InformationThe 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. Schnabel's beautifully filmed sophomore directorial effort captures the essence of Cuba during the revolution. 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. Olivier Martinez as Lazaro Gomez Carillo and Andrea Di Stefano as Pepe Malas deliver standout performances. The film received accolades at the 2000 Venice and Toronto Film Festivals.
Format DescriptionDVD 9
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
Movie/TV TitleBefore Night Falls