Before Night Falls
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- Synopsis
- For his sophomore feature film effort, visual artist Julian Schnabel chronicles the life of one of Cuba's most charismatic literary voices, the late Reinaldo Arenas....
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- Starring
- Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Andrea Di Stefano, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn
- Director(s)
- Julian Schnabel
- Distributor(s)
- Fine Line
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 125 min.
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San Francisco Chronicle | Edward GuthmannAdd Critic to Favorites
It's an horrific and tragic story, but somehow made beautiful through the care and attention of Schnabel's direction and Bardem's tender, unforgettable performance.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites
Arenas' life zigzags before us in a manner as heady and unpredictable as it must have felt to the man who lived it.Read the full review
Variety | David RooneyAdd Critic to Favorites
A dense, emotionally satisfying portrait of a man, a time and a place.Read the full review
