Before Night Falls (film)
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| Before Night Falls | |
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| Directed by | Julian Schnabel |
| Produced by | Jon Kilik |
| Written by | Cunningham O'Keefe Lázaro Gómez Carriles Julian Schnabel Reynaldo Arenas (memoir) |
| Starring | Javier Bardem |
| Music by | Carter Burwell |
| Cinematography | Xavier Pérez Grobet Guillermo Rosas |
| Editing by | Michael Berenbaum |
| Distributed by | Fine Line Features |
| Release date(s) | 26 January 2001 |
| Running time | 133 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English / Spanish / Russian / French |
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Before Night Falls is a 2000 movie directed by Julian Schnabel. The screenplay is based on the autobiography of Reinaldo Arenas, which was published in English in 1993 [1]. The screenplay was written by Schnabel, Cunningham O'Keefe and Lázaro Gómez Carriles.
It stars Javier Bardem, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, Olivier Martinez, Andrea Di Stefano, Santiago Magill, Johnny Depp and Michael Wincott.
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[edit] Synopsis
The film offers a rare look into Cuban society, after the Cuban revolution in 1959, through the life of gay Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas (Javier Bardem)[2]. Arenas left Cuba in 1980, after spending the preceding decade in and out of Cuban prisons [3]. He was later stricken with AIDS, and without health insurance, he killed himself in 1990 in New York [4].
This was the second film of director Julian Schnabel, after Basquiat (1996). Schnabel got the idea of making Before Night Falls immediately after making Basquiat , however it took four years to actually produce the film. [5] It had its world premiere at the 2000 Venice International Film Festival and its North American premiere at the 2000 Toronto Film Festival [6].
[edit] Cast
- Javier Bardem - Reinaldo Arenas
- Johnny Depp - Lieutenant Victor/Bon Bon
- Olivier Martinez - Lazaro Gomez Carriles
- Andrea Di Stefano- Pepe Malas
- Sean Penn - Cuco Sanchez
- Michael Wincott - Herberto Zorilla Ochoa
- Najwa Nimri - Fina Zorilla Correa
- Héctor Babenco - Virgilio Pinera
- Olatz Lopez Garmendia - Reinaldo's Mother
- Vito Maria Schnabel - Teenage Reinaldo Arenas
[edit] Awards
- 2000: Venice International Film Festival: Silver Lion – Jury's special award: Julian Schnabel [7]
- 2000: Venice International Film Festival: Coppa Volpi (Best Actor): Javier Bardem
- 2000: National Board of Review Award for Best Actor:Best Actor: Javier Bardem [8]
- 2000: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- 2000: National Board of Review Awards: Freedom of Expression [8]
- 2000: Political Film Society Award for Exposé
- 2000: Independent Spirit Awards: Best Actor: Javier Bardem [9]
[edit] References
- ^ Before Night Falls cinetropic.com.
- ^ Nomination Review at Political Film Society.
- ^ Film Reviews wsws.org, 16 January 2001.
- ^ Review plume-noire.com.
- ^ Director Interview Jan-April, 2001.
- ^ Review reelviews.net.
- ^ Awards nytimes.com.
- ^ a b Awards imdb.com.
- ^ Awards Official website
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Before Night Falls at the Internet Movie Database
- Before Night Falls at Rotten Tomatoes
- Before Night Falls at Box Office Mojo
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