Before Night Falls

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.

Drama

Javier Bardem

(Reinaldo Arenas)

Olivier Martinez

(Lazaro Gomez Carilles)

Johnny Depp

(Bon Bon / Lieutenant Victor)

Andrea Di Stefano

Santiago Magill

John Ortiz

Héctor Babenco

(Virgilio Pinera)

Francisco Gattorno

(Jorge Camacho)

Marisol Padilla Sánchez

(Margarita Camacho)

Michael Wincott

(Herberto Zorilla Ochoa)

Sean Penn

Najwa Nimri

(Fina Zorilla Ochoa)

Diego Luna

Diahnne Abbott

(Blanca Romero)

Jerzy Skolimowski

Alfredo Villa

(Armando García)

Rene Rivera

(Recruit Driver)

Maurice Compte

(Nicolas Abreu)

Vincent Laresca

Olatz López Garmendia

(Reinaldo's Mother)

Nemo Librizzi

(Pedro the Bus Driver)

Giovani Florido

(Young Reinaldo)

Loló Navarro

(Reinaldo's Grandmother)

Batan Silva

(Reinaldo's Father)

Carmen Beato

Cy Schnabel

(Smallest School Child)

Olmo Schnabel

(Smallest School Child)

Vito Schnabel

(Teenage Reinaldo)

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

(Reinaldo's Grandfather)

Lia Chapman

Aquiles Benites

Ewa Piaskowska

(Pretty Blonde Student)

Patricia Reyes Spíndola

(María Teresa Freye de Andrade)

Marlene Díaz

(Woman in Car #1)

Olga Borayo

(Woman in Car #2)

Manolo García

Lola Schnabel

(Girl With Keys)

Ofelia Medina

Lois Barragán

(Woman - UNEAC)

Eduardo Antonio

(Nightclub Singer)

Stella Schnabel

Manuel González

(Jose Lezama Lima)

Claudette Maillé

(Maria Luisa Lima)

Chanel Puertas

(Blonde on the Beach)

Manolo Rivero

Andrea Fassler

(French Tourist)

Magda

(Santería Dancer)

Julian Bucio

(Violent Soldier)

Jorge Zárate

Jorge Zamora

(Kid with Kite)

Noel Medina

(Policeman on Beach)

Jorge Zepeda

(State Security on Beach)

Yulian Díaz

Eduardo Arroyuelo

Antonio Zavala Kugler

(Stranger in Lenin Park)

Eloy Ganuza

(State Security in Lenin Park)

Khotan Fernández

(Young Man with Bird)

René Pereyra

Abel Woolrich

(Hungry Inmate)

Mario Oliver

Robertico Valdez

(Singing Prisoner)

Claudio Osoria

(Guard at El Morro)

Caridad Martinez

(Dancer in the Convent)

Zulema Cruz

Annie Gil

(Blanca's Teenage Daughter)

Filiberto Estrella

Juan Cristóbal Murillo

(Immigration Officer)

Melanio Filiberto Hebra

(Man at Mariel Harbor)

Matthias Ehrenberg

(Officer at Mariel Harbor)

Jack Schnabel

(Mr. Greenberg)

Esther G. Schnabel

(Mrs. Greenberg)

Xavier Domingo

Eric Springer

Jimmy Nugent