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  • Before Night Falls
  • Opened December 14, 2000 | Runtime:2 hr. 5 min.
  • NR
  • A richly imagined journey into the life and writings of brilliant Cuban author and exile Reinaldo Arenas. It spans the whole of Arenas' life, from his rural childhood and his early embrace of the Revolution to the persecution he would later Read More
  • Cast: Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Andrea Di Stefano, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn
  • Director: Julian Schnabel
  • Genres: Political Drama, Biopic [feature], Gay & Lesbian Films, Drama

Before Night Falls Critic Reviews

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  • 100
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    In uniting to honor Arenas, Bardem and Schnabel create something extraordinary.

  • 100
    San Francisco Chronicle | Edward Guthmann

    It's an horrific and tragic story, but somehow made beautiful through the care...

  • 100
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Arenas' life zigzags before us in a manner as heady and unpredictable as it...

  • 90
    Variety |

    A dense, emotionally satisfying portrait of a man, a time and a place.

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