Before Night Falls (2000) - film review

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Before Night Falls is an American film first released in 2000, directed by Julian Schnabel. The film stars Olatz López Garmendia, Giovanni Florido, Loló Navarro, Sebastián Silva and Carmen Beato. It has also been released under the title: Antes que anochezca. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Julian Schnabel
Script: Julian Schnabel
Photo: Xavier Pérez Grobet, Guillermo Rosas
Cast: Olatz López Garmendia (Reinaldo’s Mother), Giovanni Florido (Young Reinaldo), Loló Navarro (Reinaldo’s Grandmother), Sebastián Silva (Reinaldo’s Father), Carmen Beato (Teacher), Cy Schnabel (Smallest School Child), Olmo Schnabel (Smallest School Child), Vito Maria Schnabel (Teenage Reinaldo), Pedro Armendáriz Jr. (Reinaldo’s Grandfather), Diego Luna (Carlos), Lia Chapman (Lolin), Sean Penn (Cuco Sanchez), Jerzy Skolimowski (Professor), Aquiles Benites (Translator), Eva Piaskowska (Pretty Blonde Student), Javier Bardem (Reinaldo Arenas), Patricia Reyes Spíndola (María Teresa Freye de Andrade), Michael Wincott (Heberto Zorilla Ochoa), Hector Babenco (Virgilio Piñera), Andrea Di Stefano (Pepe Malas), Marlene Díaz (Woman in car #1), Olga Borayo (Woman in car #2), Santiago Magill (Tomas Diego), Manolo García (Faustino), Lola Schnabel (Girl With Keys), Ofelia Medina (Landlady), Lois Barragán (Woman – UNEAC), Eduardo Antonio (Nightclub Singer), Stella Schnabel (Valeria), Olivier Martinez (Lazaro Gomez Carilles), Manuel González (Jose Lezama Lima), Maurice Compte (Nicolas Abreu), Claudette Maillé (Maria Luisa Lima), John Ortiz (Juann Abreu), Vincent Laresca (Jose Abreu), Rene Rivera (Recruit Driver), Chanel Puertas (Blonde on the beach), Manolo Rivero (Royal Gay), Nemo (Pedro the bus driver), Andrea Fassler (French Tourist), Magda (Santería Dancer), Julian Bucio (Violent Soldier), Jorge Zárate (Prosecutor), Najwa Nimri (Fina Zorilla Ochoa), Francisco Gattorno (Jorge Camacho), Marisol Padilla Sánchez (Margarita Camacho), Jorge Zamora (Kid with Kite), Noel Medina (Policeman on beach), Jorge Zepeda (State Security on beach), Yulian Díaz (Teenager #1), Eduardo Arroyuelo (Teenager #2), Antonio Zavala (Stranger in Lenin Park), Eloy Ganuza (State Security in Lenin Park), Khotan (Young Man with bird), René Pereyra (Antonio), Abel Woolrich (Hungry Inmate), Mario Oliver (Gay Inmate), Robertico Valdez (Singing Prisoner), Johnny Depp (Bon Bon), Claudio Osoria (Guard at El Morro), Alfredo Villa (Armando García), Diahnne Abbott (Blanca Romero), Caridad Martinez (Dancer in the convent), Zulema Cruz (Zulema), Annie Gil (Blanca’s Teenage Daughter), Filiberto Estrella (Dwarf), 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 (Death), Eric Springer (Orderly), Jimmy Nugent (Taxi Driver), Benjamín Benítez (Rudy), Fidel Castro (Himself (anti-Marielito speech))
Country: USA
Language: English / Spanish / Russian / French
Runtime: 133 min
Aka: Antes que anochezca

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