Before Night Falls Release date: 2000-09-03 Genres: Drama Actors: Ofelia Medina, Javier Bardem, Andrea Di Stefano, Olivier Martinez, Johnny Depp, Carmen Beato, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Claudette Maillé, Sean Penn, Najwa Nimri, Jorge Zepeda, Giovani Florido, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Vincent Laresca, Diego Luna, Diahnne Abbott, Stella Schnabel, Jorge Zárate, Alfredo Villa, Michael Wincott, John Ortiz, Maurice Compte, René Pereyra, Rene Rivera, Francisco Gattorno, Khotan Fernández, Eduardo Arroyuelo, Marisol Padilla Sánchez, Abel Woolrich, Lia Chapman, Santiago Magill, Filiberto Estrella, Loló Navarro, Olga Borayo, Vito Schnabel, Mario Oliver, Eric Springer, Zulema Cruz, Chanel Puertas, Annie Gil, Manolo Rivero, Nemo Librizzi, Eduardo Antonio, Noel Medina, Manuel González, Magda, Xavier Domingo, Esther G. Schnabel, Cy Schnabel, Juan Cristóbal Murillo, Jack Schnabel, Jorge Zamora, Aquiles Benites, Lois Barragán, Claudio Osoria, Marlene Díaz, Andrea Fassler, Yulian Díaz, Robertico Valdez, Caridad Martinez, Melanio Filiberto Hebra Direction: Batan Silva, Jerzy Skolimowski, Héctor Babenco, Eloy Ganuza, Antonio Zavala Kugler, Lola Schnabel Production: Ewa Piaskowska, Matthias Ehrenberg, Olmo Schnabel, Olatz López Garmendia Revenue: $8,524,534 Runtime: 2 h. 14 min. Score: 6.6/10 Votes: 285 Countries: United States of America Companies: El Mar Pictures, Grandview Pictures Available* : Overview: 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.