Before Night Falls

(2000)

★ 6.7 IMDb · 316 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2000

Runtime: 134 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Джулиан Шнабель

Cast: Хавьер Бардем, Оливье Мартинес, Джонни Депп, Andrea Di Stefano, Santiago Magill, Джон Ортис, Héctor Babenco, Francisco Gattorno, Marisol Padilla Sánchez, Майкл Уинкотт

Plot

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.

Episodic look at the life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990), from his childhood in Oriente province to his death in New York City. He joins Castro's rebels. By 1964, he is in Havana. He meets the wealthy Pepe, an early lover; a love-hate relationship lasts for years. Openly gay behavior is a way to spite the government. His writing and homosexuality get him into trouble: he spends two years in prison, writing letters for other inmates and smuggling out a novel. He befriends Lázaro Gomes Garriles, with whom he lives stateless and in poverty in Manhattan after leaving Cuba in the Mariel boat-lift. When asked why he writes, he replies cheerfully, "Revenge."