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."

Cast

Javier Bardem

as Reinaldo Arenas

Olivier Martinez

as Lazaro Gomez Carilles

Johnny Depp

as Bon Bon / Lieutenant Victor

Andrea Di Stefano

as Pepe Malas

Santiago Magill

as Tomas Diego

John Ortiz

as Juan Abreu

Héctor Babenco

as Virgilio Pinera

Francisco Gattorno

as Jorge Camacho

Marisol Padilla Sánchez

as Margarita Camacho

Michael Wincott

as Herberto Zorilla Ochoa

Sean Penn

as Cuco Sanchez

Najwa Nimri

as Fina Zorilla Ochoa

Diego Luna

as Carlos

Diahnne Abbott

as Blanca Romero

Jerzy Skolimowski

as Professor

Alfredo Villa

as Armando García

Rene Rivera

as Recruit Driver

Maurice Compte

as Nicolas Abreu

Vincent Laresca

as Jose Abreu

Olatz López Garmendia

as Reinaldo's Mother

Nemo Librizzi

as Pedro the Bus Driver

Giovani Florido

as Young Reinaldo

Loló Navarro

as Reinaldo's Grandmother

Batan Silva

as Reinaldo's Father

Carmen Beato

as Teacher

Cy Schnabel

as Smallest School Child

Olmo Schnabel

as Smallest School Child

Vito Schnabel

as Teenage Reinaldo

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

as Reinaldo's Grandfather

Lia Chapman

as Lolin

Aquiles Benites

as Translator

Ewa Piaskowska

as Pretty Blonde Student

Patricia Reyes Spíndola

as María Teresa Freye de Andrade

Marlene Díaz

as Woman in Car #1

Olga Borayo

as Woman in Car #2

Manolo García

as Faustino

Lola Schnabel

as Girl With Keys

Ofelia Medina

as Landlady

Lois Barragán

as Woman - UNEAC

Eduardo Antonio

as Nightclub Singer

Stella Schnabel

as Valeria

Manuel González

as Jose Lezama Lima

Claudette Maillé

as Maria Luisa Lima

Chanel Puertas

as Blonde on the Beach

Manolo Rivero

as Royal Gay

Andrea Fassler

as French Tourist

Magda

as Santería Dancer

Julian Bucio

as Violent Soldier

Jorge Zárate

as Prosecutor

Jorge Zamora

as Kid with Kite

Noel Medina

as Policeman on Beach

Jorge Zepeda

as State Security on Beach

Yulian Díaz

as Teenager #1

Eduardo Arroyuelo

as Teenager #2

Antonio Zavala Kugler

as Stranger in Lenin Park

Eloy Ganuza

as State Security in Lenin Park

Khotan Fernández

as Young Man with Bird

René Pereyra

as Antonio

Abel Woolrich

as Hungry Inmate

Mario Oliver

as Gay Inmate

Robertico Valdez

as Singing Prisoner

Claudio Osoria

as Guard at El Morro

Caridad Martinez

as Dancer in the Convent

Zulema Cruz

as Zulema

Annie Gil

as Blanca's Teenage Daughter

Filiberto Estrella

as Dwarf

Juan Cristóbal Murillo

as Immigration Officer

Melanio Filiberto Hebra

as Man at Mariel Harbor

Matthias Ehrenberg

as Officer at Mariel Harbor

Jack Schnabel

as Mr. Greenberg

Esther G. Schnabel

as Mrs. Greenberg

Xavier Domingo

as Death

Eric Springer

as Orderly

Jimmy Nugent

as Taxi Driver

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Before Night Falls

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